John McCain is remembered as hero, fighter and wiseacre

Sen. John McCain was eulogized as a "true American hero" and a terrible driver with a wicked sense of humor and love of a good battle at a crowded church service for the maverick politician that ended with the playing of Frank Sinatra's "My Way."
Addressing an estimated 3,500 mourners yesterday, former vice president Joe Biden recalled "the sheer joy that crossed his face when he knew he was about to take the stage of the Senate floor and start a fight."
Biden, a Democrat who was among the fast friends the Republican senator made across the aisle, said he thought of McCain as a brother, "with a lot of family fights."

McCain's longtime chief of staff Grant Woods, a former Arizona attorney general, drew laughs with a eulogy in which he talked about McCain's "terribly bad driving" and his sense of humor, which included calling the Leisure World retirement community "Seizure World."
Neither Biden nor other speakers uttered President Donald Trump's name, but Biden made what some saw as a veiled reference to the president when he talked about McCain's character and how he parted company with those who "lacked the basic values of decency and respect, knowing this project is bigger than yourself."
Biden said McCain "could not stand the abuse of power wherever he saw it, in whatever form, in whatever country." Dabbing his eyes at times, Biden also referred to his own son's death from cancer, saying of the disease, "It's brutal, it's relentless, it's unforgiving."

A few firefighters saluted from atop a fire engine parked on an overpass as the motorcade passed underneath on Interstate 17. One man shouted, "We love you!"