Washington pauses to eulogize John McCain
WASHINGTON - Official Washington gathered at the National Cathedral Saturday to say farewell to Sen. John McCain, capping days of tributes to the war hero and two-time Republican presidential candidate who died last week of brain cancer at 81.
Two former presidents who prevented McCain from winning that office, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican George W. Bush, delivered eulogies to the six-term Arizona senator before 2,500 invited guests. Their keynote role was McCain's idea - his final, poignant nod to the bipartisanship that was his hallmark. It was also an implicit yet clear rebuke of the current president, an undercurrent that also ran through
