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• After his 1972 White House run ended in defeat, McGovern was re-elected once more to the Senate. South Dakota voters turned against him in 1980.
• But McGovern, once a global ambassador in the fight against hunger, continued that cause well into his 80s. In 2008, he was awarded the World Food Prize along with former Republican Sen. Bob Dole, who like his compatriot faced defeat in a presidential race. It was not known if Dole would attend any of the services.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A prayer service to honor former U.S. Sen. and three-time presidential candidate George McGovern ended with mourners clapping and singing along to a popular folk song by Woody Guthrie.
• Hundreds of people stood up from their pews and sang along as the band East of Westreville (WEST-uhr-ville) performed "This Land Is Your Land" during a prayer service for McGovern, who died at age 90 on Sunday in Sioux Falls.
• Mourners simultaneously wept while clapping and singing along to the five-member band. The band was a favorite of McGovern's.
• McGovern's funeral is to begin at 1 p.m. Friday at the Washington Pavilion.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- The founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center says former Sen. George McGovern implored Barack Obama to end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan right after the 2008 election.
• Morris Dees says, "Obama didn't heed his message."
• It was a pointed jab from the activist, speaking at a Thursday night prayer service for McGovern, with Vice President Joe Biden sitting in the third row.
• Dees commended McGovern's fight against the Vietnam War and added that Americans were the true losers when McGovern lost his 1972 presidential bid to Richard Nixon.
• Biden did not visibly react to Dees' comment but later joined Dees in praising McGovern's anti-war stance.
• Obama ended the Iraq war in 2010 and says he'll end the war in Afghanistan in 2014.
• Ninety-year-old McGovern died Sunday.
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