Here's some very sad news: George McGovern has been placed in hospice care to live out his final days. He had been seriously ill for the past year.

http://news.yahoo.co...-233504330.html

Though I strongly disagree with Senator McGovern's political views, I would rank him alongside Bob Dole and John McCain as among the most honorable men to receive a presidential nomination (in modern times). He was a World War II hero, but never bragged about those accomplishments. Prior to getting the 1972 Democratic nomination, he headed a commission that made the nomination process far more democratic than it had previously been. (Before 1972, party bosses largely controlled who a presidential nominee would be.) Though he set out to only reform how the Democrats nominated their presidential candidates, the GOP adopted many of McGovern's own recommendations by 1976.

Edited October 16, 201213 yr by Max

I didn't know that about the Presidential rules.

Sad to hear about this. McGovern became very progressive, one of those who was punished for it by voters in 1980. Democrats began cowering and never stopped.

What a shame. He published the book What It Means to Be a Democrat late last year, which I have (full disclosure here, I guess). I had no idea how sick he was .

Edited October 16, 201213 yr by MissLlanviewPA

I wish George well on his journey home. He was not just a good person and a war hero, he was a true public servant who fought for the average and poor citizen. His loss to the depraved criminal Nixon sent our country onto a path of darkness from which I do not think that we have every fully recovered. Goes to show how the American people can have horrifically bad judgment of politicians.

Edited October 16, 201213 yr by Ann_SS

Rest in Peace, George.

R.I.P.