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A former major party presidential candidate, afraid to speak out in life, was so alarmed at the worsening political situation in this country that he turned his funeral into a venue to speak out against the direction this country is heading under a president from his own party.
This should be playing as a warning in the starkest possible terms, and instead I’m seeing it covered as the extension of a reality tv feud. It’s nuts.
I didn’t like McCain’s politics. I think his reputation as a straight talker and truth teller was exaggerated, if not completely unearned. But because I knew him as a timid creature of mainstream politics, I can see what an unusual moment this is.
The job of the press, honestly, should be to highlight this strangeness, and explain it to Americans for whom the funeral is breaking through more than other news events. Not collectively shrug and say “isn’t this wild, folks?” like a late night tv host.
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