The list of speakers and pallbearers for Sen. John McCain's funerals and memorial services is now public, and his office referred to all non-family members as "friends" of the late senator. It's quite a list of friends.
At his funeral on Saturday, at Washington National Cathedral, the speakers will include former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush — Obama beat McCain in the 2008 general election, Bush beat him in the 2000 GOP primary — former Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.), and Henry Kissinger, plus daughter Meghan McCain and son Jimmy McCain. Soprano Renee Fleming will sing "Danny Boy," and the pallbearers walking McCain to the front of the church include former Vice President Joe Biden, former Senate colleagues Russ Feingold (D-Wis.), Gary Hart (D-Colo.), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.); former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge (R); ex-New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg; former Defense Secretary William Cohen; aides Rick Davis and Mark Salter; a handful of business executives and fundraisers; Vice Chairman of Open Russia Vladimir Kara-Murza; and actor Warren Beatty.
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