mercedes-benz dealer. be are snob all jolg a-- two u. presidents who defended him, one in the primaries and general preventing them from holding the office forever, as mccain planned his federal services, sources told cnn, both barack obama and president george w. bush had be asked to deliver eulogies. joining me now, douglas brinkley and former adviser to senator john mccain. let me start with you. you worked closely with mccain and senior media adviser for much of his run for president in 2008. there's a moment you recently wrote about in the daily beast when he turned to you, he bent over and you realized he needed help to comb his hair. tell us about that. >> thanks, jake. first of all, my hats off to senator mccain and the mccain family. there were so many powerful moments it was, you know, such an honor to spend any time around senator mccain, but one of the first times i was out with him was when his campaign had kind of collapsed and there were a few of us that stuck around as...