Watch: Two presidents - not Trump - pay tribute to McCain at funeral

Two ex-presidents from opposing parties united Saturday in homage to late senator and American patriot John McCain, in a momentous farewell ceremony that also rebuked the politics of toxicity and division trafficked by Donald Trump.
As millions tuned in to the nationally televised memorial attended by almost all of Washington's past and present powerbrokers, Trump himself was notably absent - fleeing the capital to head to one of his golf courses in Virginia just as eulogies to McCain were being delivered.
As Republican George W. Bush and Democrat Barack Obama praised McCain for making them "better" leaders and embodying the virtue of placing country over party, the stunning contrast between the unifying ceremony and an outcast Trump only highlighted the astonishing state of US politics.
Hailing his friend as "an extraordinary man," warrior and patriot who embodied what is best in America, Obama said McCain "made us better presidents -- just as he made the Senate better, just as he made the country better."

He was echoing similar sentiments expressed minutes earlier by Bush, who defeated McCain in a "hard fought" Republican primary battle in 2000, only to see that bitter...