Analysis: longtime foes Mecan, Biden from alliance against trumpism.
PHILADELPHIA – John McCain and Joe Biden have been on opposite sides of many crucial national security debates over the last 30 years. From Iraq to Afghanistan to Syria, the Arizona Republican and Delaware Democrat clashed over the scope of the American military mission and the efficacy of reaching for diplomatic resolutions for these war-torn nations. They maintained a genuine friendship through 22 years of service together in the Senate and then Biden’s eight years as vice president. Yet theirs was a fierce, principled rivalry. On Monday night, in the cradle of liberty, those disputes disappeared as Biden presented the Liberty Medal to McCain at the National Constitution Center, a nonprofit organization that touts bipartisanship and sits across the street from Independence Hall.
