.@edatpost & @pkcapitol have LIEBERMAN and BIDEN calling McCain to pus him toward no >>https://t.co/l7ElSPM0nD

— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) July 29, 2017

According to a Senate Democrat, McCain heard from two longtime friends pleading with him to oppose McConnell: Joseph I. Lieberman and Joe Biden.

Biden, the former vice president who often clashed in a collegial way with McCain on foreign policy matters, had a more emotional discussion with McCain. The Arizonan’s brain cancer is the same diagnosis that Biden’s son, Beau, received in 2013; he died two years later.

Have decided to take a pause from all social media to focus on my father and family - thank you all for your kind words and prayers. ❤️🇺🇸🙏🏻

— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) July 29, 2017

I feel he’s not long for this earth.