McCain buried at Naval Academy alongside a longtime friend

Family members follow a horse-drawn caisson carrying the casket of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., as it proceeds to the United States Naval Academy cemetery on Sunday in Annapolis, Md. McCain died Aug. 25 from brain cancer at age 81. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Sen. John McCain’s final journey ended Sunday on a grassy hill at the U.S. Naval Academy within view of the Severn River and earshot of midshipmen present and future, and alongside a lifelong friend.