McCain ‘will loom large historically,’ the left says

1. John McCain's Parting Message: Our Greatness Is in Peril

From New York Times: "Today's Republican Party is the biggest threat to the country that McCain served and loved. He offered an alternative."

2. John McCain and the last of human freedoms

From Washington Post: "He will loom large historically because he represented a way of doing politics that is in danger of being lost."

3. John McCain leaves the stage when we need him most

From Washington Post: "His insistence on putting the nation's interest above self-interest is needed at a time when his party has embraced an amoral, narcissistic demagogue."