'We have lost a voice'

On August 25, 2018, our country lost a “Giant.” His name was John Sidney McCain, son and grandson of Navy Admirals. He served as a Navy fighter pilot in the Vietnam War. He was shot down and became a prisoner of war for more than five years.
Somehow he survived the brutality and torture and dedicated his life to serving our country, first as a Congressman and then a Senator.
On April 5, 2017, I wrote a piece in The Photo News as a “Concerned Veteran” when Donald J. Trump became President. I was concerned with his distortion of facts, insulting friends and foes alike, calling the press “the enemy,” issuing Executive Orders that reverse years of saving our natural resources.
The list goes on.
I further wrote: “Perhaps Senator John McCain, a fellow POW, would take the lead” to stand up to President Trump.
We are lacking in leadership, given that the House and Senate Republicans are rubber-stamping President Trump’s directives.
Senator McCain did vote “no” to abolish the Affordable Care Act. He knew that abolishing the ACA without a replacement would do grave harm to our citizens.
It is shameful that the President of the United States, who claimed a deferment and did not serve in the military, would not lower Only the action of the American Legion changed his order.
The lack of respect for a veteran who was wounded in action, survived five-plus years as a POW is beyond my sense of decency.
Like Joseph Welsh said during the McCarthy hearings: “Sir, don’t you have any sense of decency”
With John Sidney McCain’s passing, we have lost a voice, to paraphrase another John (Kennedy) “to right the wrongs.”
Harvey Horn
WW II POW
Monroe