Grant Woods, John McCain Ally and Arizona Attorney General, Dies at 67
his death Saturday of a heart attack at age 67, Grant Woods had recently become one of the most popular guests (and an occasional target) on cable news. Here, after all, was a former Republican office holder speaking bluntly about the dangers his (now former) party poses. He was John McCain’s chief of staff in the Senate, then ran for — and won — the race for Arizona’s attorney general in 1990 focusing on issues like civil rights and the environment that are no longer core to the Republican agenda.