From left: Sen. John McCain and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin during the 2008 presidential campaign.Photo: Kiichiro Sato/AP
Sarah Palinis remembering Sen.John McCainafter her former running matedied of brain cancerat the age of 81 on Saturday.
Sen. McCain and Palin, once the governor of Alaska, ran as a ticket in the2008 presidential election.
Palin, 54,wrote on TwitterSaturday, “Today we lost an American original. Sen. John McCain was a maverick and a fighter, never afraid to stand for his beliefs. John never took the easy path in life — and through sacrifice and suffering he inspired others to serve something greater than self.”
She continued, “John McCain was my friend. I will remember the good times. My family and I send prayers for Cindy and the McCain family.”
She also wrote on Instagram, “Heartfelt condolences. God, please provide peace to Sen. McCain’s family at this time. To all who honor him and his service: we share sorrowful feelings tonight, but remain thankful for Sen. McCain and all our vets and active service members who serve something greater than self. God bless the McCains.”
Palinpreviously spoke outon Friday when McCain’s familyannounced his decision to discontinue treatmentfor his stage-four cancer.
“Prayers for Sen. McCain and his family at this most trying time,”she wrote on Instagram. “May comfort and peace envelop them. May my friend sense appreciation for his inspiration to serve something greater than self.”
In recent months, Sen. McCain expressed regret about selecting Palin as his vice presidential candidate in his book,The Restless Wave: Good Times, Just Causes, Great Fights, and other Appreciations, and in an HBO documentary.
He said that not choosing his friend and former Sen.Joe Lieberman(I-Conn.) as his running mate was “another mistake that I made” during the election, which PresidentBarack Obamawon, though he offered praise for Palin’s work on the campaign.
PalintoldThe Daily Mailin May, “That’s not what Sen. McCain has told me all these years.”
She added, “I attribute a lot of what we’re hearing and reading regarding McCain’s statements to his ghostwriter or ghostwriters.”
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Tributes for Sen. McCain, the former POW and longtime Republic politician, also came from McCain’s family members.
His daughterMeghan McCain, 33,said, “In the thirty-three years we shared together, he raised me, taught me, corrected me, comforted me, encouraged me, and supported me in all things,” she wrote in part. “He taught me how to live. His love and his care, ever present, always unfailing, took me from a girl to a woman — and he showed me what it is to be a man.”Funeral arrangements for Sen. McCainare underway.
source: people.com
