It saddens me to see that George McGovern is "no longer responsive" in a Sioux Falls, South Dakota hospice.  I voted for the man in the presidential election of 1972.
Those were days of rage.  Vietnam was tearing the country apart.  We lost so many soldiers there, for nothing.  I was actively against the war (what the government insisted on calling a "conflict") and spoke out against it.  My law school classmates, predominently conservative in those days, branded me a communist.  It was incredible!
So in 1972, the year that I graduated, passed the bar exam, and became a card carrying member of the professional class, George McGovern was my candidate.  I hated Richard Nixon.  Yet despite all the opposition to the war in Vietnam, Nixon clobbered McGovern.  I think McGovern only carried about five states. 
George McGovern is 90 years old, truly a grand old age.  He contributed, he mattered, he was a leader and a spokesman for a lot of people.  There was one word that became a rallying cry back in the Vietnam era and I wish it now for George McGovern...   PEACE.