WASHINGTON _ While it's still being debated in Congress, Google appears to have gone ahead and renamed the Russell Senate Office Building the "McCain Senate Office Building" to honor the late Sen. John McCain.
If you hover over the "McCain" label, a pop-up that reads "Russell Senate Office Building" appears. If you click on the label, information about Russell appears in a panel on the left side of the map with no mention of McCain.
Inquires to Google about the change were not immediately replied to.
Russell Senate Office Building is the Senate's oldest office building and is named for former Georgia Democratic Sen. Richard Russell, who had pro-segregationist views.
After McCain's death on Saturday, several of his colleagues proposed renaming the building to honor his service. Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer is leading the effort, along with Arizona Republican Jeff Flake.
But the proposal has met resistance. Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., said he didn't support the effort.
"If you want to get into that, you have to get into George Washington and Thomas Jefferson and all of our Founding Fathers _ most of our Founding Fathers, maybe with the exception of Hamilton," said Shelby, referring to the fact that so many of the Founding Fathers owned slaves.
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he would form a bipartisan panel to discuss options to honor McCain.
