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            |  To the editor: As a history 
			junkie, I sit glued to watching the farewell given to Sen. John 
			McCain. A fitting tribute to a man who served his country his entire 
			adult life. Conspiracy theories aside, he was a man of bravery, 
			honor, and dignity in the fullest sense of those words.
 As a POW, he gave old information to his enemies knowing it would do 
			them no good and refused to be released before men who had been in 
			captivity longer. He withstood brutal treatment and, in later years, 
			helped return our country to normal relations with the country who 
			tortured him.
 
			 
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            As a senator, he worked in a bipartisan fashion and, 
			up to his death, asked to return to that norm. He knew that this 
			winner take all, gladiator politics currently in place will destroy 
			us. He knew that people he might disagree with politically were 
			still worthy of respect and had ideas worth hearing.
 Rest In Peace, Senator. Hopefully, your example will spark us to 
			righting the ship.
 
 Jane Ryan
 [Posted 
            
			September 4, 
			2018]
             
            
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