Barack Obama and Donald Trump's reactions to John McCain's death says a lot about the two presidents
Senator John McCain died on Saturday following a battle with brain cancer at the age of 81 years. Even as the hearse carrying the body of the celebrated war veteran and Arizona senator arrived in uptown Phoenix on Saturday evening, tributes poured in not just from the hundreds of people gathered outside the AL Moore Grimshaw Mortuary but from across the country, including those from his political friends and foes.
The senator died just a day after his family released a statement evealing that they would be discontinuing treatment, the nation took a moment to remember the veteran who was captured behind enemy lines during the Vietnam War.
One thing that stood out in the stocktaking was the contrast in the reactions between President Donald Trump and former president Barack Obama over Mccain's death.