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¡apesta!-
I was talking about the civil rights thing. He had a mixed record, but softened with age.
Anyway, he’s a man I wouldn’t have voted for, but one-sided caricatures of him - for or against - are just childish tribalism imho. He was flawed, he did some good things, he did some bad things. Overall he seemed to try to do what he thought was right, though, rather than whatever would get him elected, which is a rarity in American politics, especially on his side of the aisle.
h2o
That’s not entirely true, particularly as he softened a bit with age. He also sponsored a bill to intended to reduce carbon emissions, which you might think is a good thing.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_John_McCain
Re the ‘gooks’ thing -yeah, it’s ugly, although he insisted he only used it to refer to his guards, not all Vietnamese.