Editing John McCain (section)

== Death and funeral ==
[[File:Memorial Service for Arizona Sen. John S. McCain.webm|thumb|right|Memorial service for McCain]]

On August 24, 2018, McCain's family announced that he would no longer receive treatment for his cancer.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/us/politics/john-mccain-brain-cancer.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180824150732/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/us/politics/john-mccain-brain-cancer.html |archive-date=August 24, 2018 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=John McCain Will No Longer Be Treated for Brain Cancer, Family Says|last1=Fandos|first1=Nicholas|last2=Martin|first2=Johnathan|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 24, 2018|access-date=August 24, 2018}}</ref> He died the following day at his home in [[Cornville, Arizona]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2018/08/25/john-mccain-dead-arizona-senator-republican-maverick-obituary/538330001/|title=Sen. John McCain, American 'maverick' and Arizona political giant, dies at age 81|newspaper=[[The Arizona Republic]]|first=Dan|last=Nowicki|date=August 25, 2018|access-date=December 1, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/25/obituaries/john-mccain-dead.html | title= John McCain, War Hero, Senator, Presidential Contender, Dies at 81 | first= Robert | last= McFadden | date = August 25, 2018 | access-date = August 25, 2018 | work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
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McCain [[Lying in state|lay in state]] in the [[Arizona State Capitol]] in Phoenix on August 29, which would have been his 82nd birthday. This was followed by a service at North Phoenix Baptist Church on August 30. His remains were then moved to Washington, D.C., to lie in state in the [[United States Capitol rotunda]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aoc.gov/nations-stage/lying-state-honor |title=Lying in State or in Honor |work=Architect of the Capitol |publisher=US Architect of the Capitol |access-date=September 1, 2018}}</ref> on August 31, which was followed by a service at the [[Washington National Cathedral]] on September 1. He was a "lifelong Episcopalian" who attended, but did not join, a [[Southern Baptist Convention|Southern Baptist]] church for at least 17 years; memorial services were scheduled in both denominations.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.christianpost.com/news/lifelong-episcopalian-senator-john-mccain-remembered-hero-stood-quietly-faith-227024/|title=Lifelong Episcopalian Senator John McCain Remembered as 'Hero' Who Stood Quietly for His Faith|work=The Christian Post|access-date=August 27, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://baptistnews.com/article/mccains-faith-pastor-describes-senator-as-devout-but-low-key-updated/|title=McCain's faith: Pastor describes senator as devout, but low-key (updated) |website=baptistnews.com|publisher=Baptist News Global|access-date=August 27, 2018|date=April 9, 2008 }}</ref>

Prior to his death, McCain requested that former presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama deliver eulogies at his funeral and asked that neither President Donald Trump nor his former running mate Sarah Palin attend any of the services.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/john-mccain-funeral-obama-george-w-bush-requested-eulogies/|title=McCain requested Obama and George W. Bush deliver eulogies at funeral|work=[[CBS News]]|access-date=August 26, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/08/26/john-mccain-trump-funeral-plans-sot-vpx.cnn|title=McCain didn't want Trump at funeral service|work=[[CNN]]|access-date=August 26, 2018}}</ref> McCain himself planned the funeral arrangements and selected his [[pallbearer]]s for the service in Washington, including former vice president and former Delaware Senator (and future president) [[Joe Biden]], former Wisconsin Senator [[Russ Feingold]], former [[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]] [[William Cohen]], actor [[Warren Beatty]], and Russian dissident [[Vladimir Kara-Murza]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/28/john-mccain-pallbearer-russia-799061|title=McCain's choice of Russian dissident as pallbearer is final dig at Putin, Trump|work=[[Politico]]|first=Josh|last=Meyer|author-link=Josh Meyer|access-date=August 29, 2018|date=August 28, 2018}}</ref>

Multiple foreign leaders attended McCain's service: [[Secretary General of NATO]] [[Jens Stoltenberg]], [[President of Ukraine]] [[Petro Poroshenko]], [[Speaker of Taiwan's Congress]] [[Su Jia-chyuan]], [[National Defense Minister of Canada]] [[Harjit Sajjan]], defense minister [[Jüri Luik]] and foreign minister [[Sven Mikser]] of Estonia, [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Latvia)|Foreign Minister of Latvia]] [[Edgars Rinkēvičs]], [[Foreign Minister of Lithuania]] [[Linas Antanas Linkevičius]], and [[Foreign Affairs Minister of Saudi Arabia]] [[Adel al-Jubeir]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/us-foreign-leaders-mccain-memorial-national-cathedral |title=Here's Who is Attending McCain Memorial at National Cathedral |work=[[Roll Call]] |date=September 1, 2018 |access-date=September 4, 2018 |archive-date=September 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904084652/https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/us-foreign-leaders-mccain-memorial-national-cathedral |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2018/08/31/2003699510 |title=Speaker to attend McCain service on nation's behalf |work=[[Taipei Times]] |date=August 31, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201809020005.aspx |title=Legislative Speaker Su attends John McCain's memorial service |work=[[Focus Taiwan]] |date=September 2, 2018}}</ref>

Dignitaries who gave eulogies at the Memorial Service in Washington National Cathedral included [[Barack Obama]], [[George W. Bush]], [[Henry Kissinger]], Joe Lieberman, and his daughter Meghan McCain. ''[[The New Yorker]]'' described the service as the biggest meeting of anti-Trump figures during his presidency.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-trumps-washington/john-mccains-funeral-was-the-biggest-resistance-meeting-yet|title=John McCain's Funeral Was the Biggest Resistance Meeting Yet|first=Susan B.|last=Glasser|date=September 1, 2018|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]}}</ref>
Those who attended the funeral included former United States presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, [[Bill Clinton]]; First Ladies [[Michelle Obama]], [[Laura Bush]], [[Hillary Clinton]]; and former vice presidents Joe Biden, [[Dick Cheney]], [[Al Gore]], and [[Dan Quayle]]. Former president [[Jimmy Carter]] and former vice president [[Walter Mondale]] did not attend; former president [[George H. W. Bush]] was too ill to attend the service; and President Trump was not invited. Other attendees included [[Tom Brokaw]], [[Charlie Rose]], Bob Dole, [[Madeleine Albright]], John Kerry, Mitch McConnell, [[Paul Ryan]], [[Nancy Pelosi]], [[Chuck Schumer]], Mitt Romney, [[Lindsey Graham]], Warren Beatty, [[Elizabeth Warren]], [[Jay Leno]], and [[Kamala Harris]]. President Trump's daughter and son-in-law [[Ivanka Trump]] and [[Jared Kushner]] attended to the displeasure of Meghan McCain.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2019/02/08/meghan-mccain-stephen-colbert-ivanka-trump-jared-kushner-funeral/2810509002/|title=Meghan McCain slams first family to Stephen Colbert: 'The Trumps are unwelcome around me'|website=USA Today}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2018/09/01/john-mccain-funeral-jay-leno-warren-beatty-other-celebrities/1172456002/|title=John McCain funeral: Jay Leno, Renee Fleming and more celebrities who attended|website=USA Today}}</ref>
[[File:Sen_ McCain grave.jpg|thumb|Grave of John McCain III next to his Naval Academy classmate [[Charles R. Larson]] at the [[United States Naval Academy Cemetery]]]]

On September 2, the funeral cortege traveled from Washington, D.C., through [[Annapolis, Maryland]], to the Naval Academy.<ref>{{cite news|author=Britto, Brittany|title=Hundreds line sidewalks as Sen. John McCain arrives in Annapolis for burial at Naval Academy|work=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/anne-arundel/annapolis/bs-md-mccain-burial-20180902-story.html|date=September 2, 2018|access-date=May 31, 2019|archive-date=June 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601020855/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/anne-arundel/annapolis/bs-md-mccain-burial-20180902-story.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> A private service was held at the [[Naval Academy Chapel]] and McCain was buried at the [[United States Naval Academy Cemetery]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/26/john-mccain-lie-in-state-capitol-797270|title=McCain to lie in state at Capitol|work=[[Politico]]|access-date=August 26, 2018}}</ref>

[[Senate Minority Leader]] Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced that he would introduce a resolution to rename the [[Russell Senate Office Building]] after McCain.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chuck-schumer-proposes-renaming-russell-senate-office-building-after-john-mccain/|title=Schumer proposes renaming Russell Senate Office Building for John McCain|first=Emily|last=Tillett|work=[[CBS News]]|date=August 26, 2018}}</ref> A [[Method ringing#"Performances"|quarter peal]] of [[Grandsire|Grandsire Caters]] in memory of McCain was rung by the bellringers of Washington National Cathedral the day following his death.<ref>Bb.ringingworld.co.uk. (2018). Ringing World BellBoard. [online] Available at: https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1243949 [Accessed August 30, 2018].</ref> Another memorial quarter peal was rung on September{{nbsp}}6 on the [[Bells of Congress]] at the [[Old Post Office (Washington, D.C.)|Old Post Office]] in Washington.<ref>Bb.ringingworld.co.uk. (2018). Ringing World BellBoard. [online] Available at: https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1245350 [Accessed September 8, 2018].</ref>

[[File:The American flag files at half-staff at the White House for Sen. John McCain.webm|thumb|The American flag flies at half-staff at the White House for Senator John McCain – video from [[Voice of America]].]]

President Trump reportedly rejected the White House's plans to release a statement praising McCain's life and initially said nothing about McCain himself in a tweet that extended condolences to McCain's family.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dawsey |first1=Josh |title=Trump rejected plans for a White House statement praising McCain |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-rejected-plans-for-a-white-house-statement-praising-mccain/2018/08/26/0d0478e4-a967-11e8-8f4b-aee063e14538_story.html |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=August 27, 2018}}</ref> The flag at the White House, which had been lowered to [[Half-mast#United States|half-staff]] the day of McCain's death (August 25), was raised back to full-staff at 12:01&nbsp;a.m. on August 27.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/white-house-flag-longer-half-staff-john-mccains/story?id=57422250|title=Trump ignores questions about John McCain as White House flag returns to full-staff|last=Pak|first=Nataly|date=August 27, 2018|work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|access-date=August 27, 2018}}</ref> Trump reportedly felt that media coverage of McCain's death was excessive given that McCain was never elected president.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Donald Trump believed John McCain coverage was 'over the top' |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=12115466 |newspaper=The New Zealand Herald |access-date=August 28, 2018|date=August 28, 2018 }}</ref> Following public backlash from the [[American Legion]] and [[AMVETS]], Trump ordered the White House flag back to half-staff later on August 27. Trump issued a statement praising McCain's service to the country, and he signed a proclamation ordering flags to be flown at half-staff until McCain's interment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mediaite.com/online/american-legion-implores-trump-to-issue-proclamation-on-john-mccain/|title=American Legion Implores Trump to Issue Proclamation on John McCain, Lower Flags to Half-Staff|date=August 27, 2018|work=[[Mediaite]]|access-date=August 27, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mediaite.com/online/trump-issues-statement-on-mccain-after-backlash-to-silence-i-respect-his-service/|title=Trump Issues Statement on McCain After Silence Met With Criticism: 'I Respect' His Service|date=August 27, 2018|work=[[Mediaite]]|access-date=August 27, 2018}}</ref>