Amid John McCain’s death and uproar over Bob Woodward book, Lindsey Graham steps forward to defend Trump

Sen. Lindsey O. Graham’s longtime ally John McCain was widely mourned last week as a vital counterweight to President Trump, one of the few Republicans willing to take the president to task for cozying up to dictators, launching personal attacks and undermining the rule of law. But Graham, McCain’s loyal sidekick for years, is now charting a markedly different path in the wake of his friend’s death — emerging as one of the strongest voices in defense of a president he once derided as a “kook” and “unfit for office.” -- More...