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Old 08-27-2018, 05:30 PM
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Originally Posted by nututv View Post
Personally I'm against lowering to half staff for any single individual. Yes I think he was a hero although I didn't much care for him as a human.
Heroes die everyday. Heroes even greater than McCain. What he did for a living means nothing to me
The flag is being flown at half-staff not because he is a hero or because he was a great human being. It is being flown at half-staff because he was a sitting senator, which has been the custom since 1954.