WASHINGTON, D.C.: The outpouring of affection for US Senator John McCain, who was recently diagnosed with brain cancer, highlights the respect the maverick Republican—symbol of a bygone era of bipartisan cooperation—has earned over his long career.

The former Vietnam prisoner of war and 2008 Republican presidential nominee has been a reliably even-keeled voice in an increasingly partisan chamber, a lawmaker whose quick temper has never prevented him from reaching across the aisle to craft policy with political rivals.

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