'We know that his flame lives on, in each of us': Meghan McCain remembers her father, Sen. John McCain

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• Meghan McCain, one of Sen. John McCain's daughters, remembered her father, who died on Saturday, in a heartfelt statement.
• The veteran senator and war hero, 81, died of complications stemming from brain cancer.
• "All that I am is thanks to him. Now that he is gone, the task of my lifetime is to live up to his example, his expectations, and his love," Meghan wrote.

Meghan McCain, one of Sen. John McCain's daughters, remembered her father, who died on Saturday, in a heartfelt statement.

"I was with my father at his end, as he was with me at my beginning. In the thirty-three years we shared together, he raised me, taught me, corrected me, comforted me, encouraged me, and supported me in all things," she wrote. "All that I am is thanks to him. Now that he is gone, the task of my lifetime is to live up to his example, his expectations, and his love."See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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