McCain in Twilight: An Unfettered Voice Against Trumpism
Mr. McCain, who was the Republican nominee for president in 2008, has never been a fan of Mr. Trump, who once derisively referred to the senator’s time as a prisoner of war by saying, “I like people who weren’t captured.” During the 2016 presidential campaign, Mr. McCain at first grudgingly supported Mr. Trump,
and then revoked his endorsement after the release of an “Access Hollywood” tape in which Mr. Trump boasted that he had sexually assaulted women.
That speech was “the kind of speech one gives when they’re leaving,” said Senator Patrick
J. Leahy, Democrat of Vermont, who has served for decades in the Senate with Mr. McCain.
In twin speeches — one in July, where he issued a call to bipartisanship in the Senate,
and another in Philadelphia this past week, where he railed against “half-baked, spurious nationalism” — Mr. McCain has taken on both his colleagues and President Trump.
