Headline Roundup • August 30th, 2018
John McCain and Joe Biden's Bipartisan Friendship
Summary from the AllSides News Team
The decades-long friendship between John McCain and Joe Biden, having endured many Senate battles, lasted well beyond the trial of a presidential campaign that saw them on opposing tickets. This bipartisan bond will be showcased Thursday as Biden delivers the closing tribute at a memorial service for McCain in Phoenix.
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In any presidential campaign the job of a running mate is typically to play attack dog. But in the fall of 2008, it seemed that nearly every Joe Biden attack on the Republican ticket required a preamble of praise for his longtime Senate colleague, John McCain.
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Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden was due to lead mourners in saluting the late John McCain, his former Senate colleague, at a Phoenix church service on Thursday celebrating the life of the Vietnam War hero and two-time Republican presidential candidate.
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Former Vice President Joe Biden said it caused him "some consternation" in 2008 to find himself on opposing presidential tickets with his longtime friend and Senate colleague John McCain, then the GOP nominee.
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