Catherine, I'm torn here. On the one hand, not saying bad things about dying people is generally the right thing to do - except when it may not be. One of the first impulses when some is or just has died is to say things like "oh, poor Bleep, oh that's terrible, he/she was so nice, etc." even when poor Bleep was a horrible person. Or, do we just say nothing even when Bleep leaving us is an improvement? When Bleep was an overall negative person? When Bleep did things that should be strongly condemned? When maintaining silence is to protect Bleep's misdeeds?
I think I will just say a prayer for McCain's soul and his family and friends and admit to his many misdeeds. I also admit that I am not aware of good things that he may have done in his life.
What I find amazing is the depth of McCain's bitterness. Most normal people, when staring eternity in the face, have an impulse to make amends, forgive, whatever, and shuffle off this mortal coil at peace. Not McCain, apparently.
Also, its tough, for me anyway, to write it all off as 'just politics' when the guy did things like take a bow for casting the deciding vote against the Obamacare repeal - a perversion that has had such a dramatically negative impact on me personally and so many others - even if the vote was largely symbolic.