PHOENIX (AP) - John McCain's dog, who was always at the senator's side until his death last year, died after getting stuck in a pipe and drowning on the family's northern Arizona property.
Cindy McCain told The Arizona Republic on Monday that Burma died last month when she got trapped in a pipe on their Cornville property.
She says the Chesapeake Bay retriever had never run into a pipe before. The property includes a series of ponds and a creek.
The family initially said the dog had died in a "freak" drowning accident in April.
Burma accompanied John McCain, who died in August from brain cancer, during the last year of his life.
