The country lost a great American last week. Joe Lieberman, a successful politician and effective legislator, was known and respected for putting country over party, principle over partisanship. He was a close Senate colleague and devoted friend of John McCain, whose sacrifice for his country was a noble example for all Americans.
Well, almost all.
But Lieberman knew a true American hero when he met one. He shared with McCain a dedication to public service in a cause “greater than oneself.” That was why in 2008, Lieberman broke with the Democratic Party to support Republican McCain for president.
By the time of the 2016 and 2020 elections, Lieberman had become increasingly concerned over the bitter partisan fissures undermining America’s domestic tranquility and threatening its national security. That was why, along with distinguished members of both parties, including Democratic civil rights leader Ben Chavis and Maryland’s former Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, he joined in launching the No Labels movement, with a declared mission to support centrism and bipartisanship through “the commonsense majority" and address threats from "The Chinese Communist Party, Russia and other totalitarian regimes that [...] seek to exploit........