[redwitch]

Fortunately, public outcry won. The flag is again at half mast and will remain there until at least the viewing in the Rotunda and, hopefully, until internment.

And I very carefully didn’t say how I felt about the flag not being at half mast, just that the administration had the right to raise the flag. I’m not a veteran but was raised in the military. To me, Trump’s action was petty but expected. McCain is getting the honors he deserves — as a war hero, as a respected Senator, as a man who has been honorable throughout his life. I admired Sen. McCain, more than many politicians I have personally known and more than most who got my vote. But the flag being all the way up the pole or just halfway at the White House takes nothing away from Sen. McCain, the honors most choose to bestow on him, the respect given him from both sides of the aisle.