washington correspondent for bbc world news america, katty kay. presidential is historian and msnbc contributor john meacham. in phoenix white house correspondent and long-time capitol hill correspondent kelly o'donnell. and joining us by phone former senior advisor and the host of "deadline white house" on msnbc, nicolle wallace. nicolle, i want to start with you since you spent so much time behind the scenes with somebody who most americans know through their television sets, through the campaigns that he waged through seeing the moments of the past few years. what was john mccain, the man, like behind those closed doors when the cameras were off? who was the man that you knew? >> you know, i think so much of john mccain's person a was consistent with what i saw behind the scenes. what you see is what you get. but what i think the high profile moments in politics we