7 years later, Obama’s eulogy for McCain still hits home. Today marks 7 years since former Sen. John McCain’s passing, and his legacy still forces us to wrestle with a difficult question: how should we treat those we deeply disagree with? At his funeral, President Obama remembered their constant clashes. But when Obama’s patriotism was attacked in 2008, McCain stepped in to defend him because he believed protecting an opponent’s dignity was part of protecting America’s character. That choice feels almost radical now. We’re taught to see opponents as enemies. Yet McCain showed that division isn’t the danger—contempt is. Democracy depends on disagreement, but it also depends on respect. McCain and Obama rarely saw eye to eye politically, but they shared a conviction that America’s strength comes with responsibility: to fairness, to dignity, to one another. The lesson, 7 years later, isn’t to erase disagreement—it’s to remember that rivalry doesn’t require dehumanization. #Politics ...