Fate, as we all know, is a fickle thing. It demonstrated this as Senator John McCain, a veteran and politician whose character and wisdom have inspired Americans since the 1960s, fought his last good fight against brain cancer on Saturday. The announcements of his passing occurred almost exactly as I listened to the last few minutes of the audiobook of his memoir, The Restless Wave. The epilogue, narrated by McCain himself, was an emotionally exhausting piece of poetry that evoked tears as well as intense reflection on what makes a life well-lived. As students return to campus to embark on another chapter of our lives, the courage, compassion, and restlessness of the late hero illuminates a path to face our own fate as future leaders of our society.
John McCain will be remembered as an unfading figure of modern American history, and his life will long be heralded as nothing less than extraordinary. Though, in his own words, McCain remarkably stresses how ordinary he is.
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Nicholas J. Romanow 