Fog Blog John McCain At Rest Log:

JOHN McCAIN IS LAYING IN STATE AT THE ROTUNDA OF THE U.S. CAPITOL BUILDING!.....Sen. John McCain joins a select few who have lain in state at the U.S. Capitol.Among them: Abraham Lincoln. John F. Kennedy. Ronald Reagan. Rosa Parks. Unknown soldiers.The straight-speaking former POW and senator chose to be laid to rest at his alma mater, the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis

.A solemn ceremony began Friday morning in the rotunda. Later, the public was being allowed to file past his flag-draped coffin to pay respects to the senator, who died Saturday, four days before his 82nd birthday. Anyone in line until 8 p.m. ET Friday will be allowed to do view the casket, according to the senator's office.McCain, who survived nearly six years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam and served 31 years in the Senate, died after a yearlong fight against brain cancer. He had succeeded Barry Goldwater to represent Arizona in the Senate, lost a White House bid to freshman Sen. Barack Obama and became an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump, a fellow Republican. Trump said during his presidential campaign that McCain was "not a war hero" because he had been captured by North Vietnam.