circuit judge for the tenth circuit. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: mr. president, i had an opportunity yesterday to visit our friend john mccain. it was a beautiful location, sedona. it's about a two-hour drive from phoenix. john and cindy and i had a chance to sit on the back porch and reminisce about our friendship and all we had shared over the last 30 years. we had some laughs. we mainly reminisced about the battles. sometime we were on the same side, sometimes we weren't. but one thing about our colleague, john mccain, you'd rather be on his side than not. but for ten years we had very vigorous debates about an issue he and i both cared about and we were on the opposite sides. it ended up going all the way to the supreme court. he won and i lost. and we worked hard to establish a new relationship after that vigorous battle of a decade. we all know his story all too well. a genuine american hero. we admire the tenacity and the grit that it took to...