john mccain understood that. it's not good enough to be smart and committed to your positions on public policy. it's not good enough just to be there for votes and for debates. that's obviously critical, but character still matters, and john mccain was living proof of that. i remember one occasion where we had, he and i had an acrimonious exchange in the senate elevators just a couple of seconds when the elevator went from the basement to the second floor. john was very heated. i was taken by surprise at how heated he was. yet as we've heard so many times over the past several days, john mccain never let a public policy disagreement impact personal relationships with his colleagues. a couple of hours later we were back on the senate floor, and i wanted to continue the argument, and i started to approach him on the floor to continue the argument. i guess i wanted to get the last word, which might be a mistake with john mccain. but as i got close to him, john mccain lifted up his arms and reached out to me, embrace

take it. >> thank you, john. john: we just had some of the video of john mccain up. ed, spent a long time in washington covering various branches of government including the senate. interesting to see senator joe lieberman behind mccain. they were close. >> i remember being at the republican convention in st. paul in 2008 and joe lieberman as a democrat, very nearly became the vice presidential nominee. john mccain later years that he regretted not taking him and there was concern among his brain trust that is a pro-choice democrat who had been on the ticket with al gore just eight years earlier in 2000 that he would lose the conservative base. john mccain, frankly, thought i should have all the dice. i listen to the smart people about what i should've done, would have, could have, should have. i covered that 2008 campaign on the mccain side and you are absolutely right that he was gracious. in the final days of the campaign remember a moment and i believe it was in wisconsin but in the midwest and you have these candidates and their tired and they know they are like

thanks, john. honestly, seeing him down range, i never traveled with a colleague who was better to our enlisted or harder on our generals. john mccain loved the men and women who served in the uniform of the united states, and he was a champion of our armed forces throughout his career. in every generation, there are those who put country first. who prize service ahead of self. who summon idealism from a cynical age. john mccain was such a man. today, he lies in the place where he served to the last, the congress of the united states. soon, he will go to rest on the grounds where he served first, the united states naval academy. the eyes of the american people will be upon him as he goes. and so, too, will their prayers. for him and especially for his beloved family gathered here today, and we will pray that those who mourn shall be comforted. so we mourn with those who mourn and we xwreeb with those who grieve but we do not grieve like those who have no hope. because john mccain like millions of a

john was immune to jet lag. and he was never more excited than we had an opportunity to share america's values abroad. and, of course, he was devoted to the men and women of our armed forces. from countless visits with deployed unit in iraq and afghanistan, to his committee meetings right here in this body, john honored their sacrifices in a way that only he could. he never forgot them but not with any segment of our military might and technical problems, our armed services made up of people, of our constituents, of volunteers, of the brave. john's favorite novelist ernest hemingway for whom the bell tolls. i suspect we will hear it quoted quite a bit in the days ahead. the lead character is an american ex-pat named robert jordan who risked everything in the spanish civil war. he's a little bit brash, maybe a little hotheaded. in fact, he is a dynamite specialist whose specially literally is blowing things up. he goes down fighting right down to the books final pages. i'm sure some of us can imagine why john mig

that's what made john special. made john a giant among all of us. but in my view john didn't believe that america's future and fate rested on heros. we used to talk, about and i liked most about him, is he understood what i hope we all remember, heros didn't build this country. order people being given half a chance are capable of doing extraordinary things. extraordinary things. john knew order americans understood that each of us has a duty to defend the integrity, dignity, and birth right of every child. he carried it. good communities are built by thousands of small acts of decency that americans, as i speak today, show each other every single day. buried deep in the dna of this nation's soul lie as flame that was lit over 200 years ago, each of us carries with us. each one of us has the capacity, the responsibility, if we can screw up the courage, to ensure it's not extinguished. it's a thousand the things that make us different. the bottom line was, i think john believed in us. i think he believed in the american people. not just all of the pr

john could be annoying. in munich, accepting an award for john, his beloved cindy said i love him most of the time. his temper could be explosive. i read once of a man nicknamed for a south american volcano because he constantly fumed and regularly erupted. and i thought of john. he loved a good fight and was eager to pile in. a fight not joined is a fight not enjoyed, he would say. an extraordinary man is not a flawless man, and in his full humanity, john gave the rest of us more tallies hope. you need not be perfect to try and be extraordinary. well, he was extraordinary. i think we all found in him qualities of affection, principle, courage, and drama that were extraordinary. and at the end of the day, as compass needles turn toward true north, you knew where he would be pointing. i will quote some of his last public words here. although the true radiance of our world may at times seem obscured, although we will suffer adversity and setbacks and misfortune, never, ever stop fighting for all that is good a

who was john mccain? john was a man deeply in love with his country and its promise, a man optimistic that tomorrow would be better than today, and a man grateful for the chance to serve a cause greater than himself. his humor was rooted in that hopefulness, the sometimes sharp sting of his words in debate rooted in his passion for his pause and his love of the fight and his restlessness rooted in an impatience to get on with it, to get busy defending liberty or make a difference in the world, to help soften the burdens of millions not yet free. john was both a romantic and a cynic, as some have said, in love with and passionate about the causes he fought for, yet clear-eyed about the long odds he often faced in a world hostile to our ideals. in trying to summarize john, just reviewing a few of his titles barely capture the complexity of this man. naval aviator, p.o.w., captain, congressmanman, senator, chairman of the commerce committee, chairman of the armed services committee, presidential nominee of h

technical sergeant john a. chapman, united states air force for conspicuous gallantry at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty. technical sergeant john a. chapman distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism as an air force special tactics combat controller attached to a navy se a, land and air seal team conducting reconnaissance operations in afghanistan on march 4, two thousand two. -- 2002. during insertion, the team's helicopter was ambushed, causing a teammate to fall into an entrenched group of combatants below. sergeant chapman and the team voluntarily reinserted onto the snowcapped mountain into the heart of a known enemy stronghold to rescue one of their own. without regard for his own safety, sergeant chapman immediately engaged, moving in the direction of the closest enemy position despite coming under heavy fire from multiple directions. he fearlessly charged an enemy bunker in five deep snow and into hostile fire, directly engaging the enemy. upon reaching the bunker, he assaulted an

john mccain had both. fortunately, all that intensity came paired with a world class sense of humor. as we all know, john really hated to lose. the line he used after his presidential campaigns still makes me laugh. some would ask how he's copying with defeat and john would say, actually, i'm sleeping like a baby. wake up every two hours and cry. seriously, it's hard to describe this larger than life figure without lapsing into what sounds like cliches. we've all heard our whole lives about the importance of patriotism and self-sacrifice. but we cannot take that culture of commitment for granted because just like our nation's security and our american liberty, the very notion that some causes really are greater than ourselves only survives because service members and statesmen like john mccain will fight and even die to defend it. the bond between john and his country was so deep, but of course other bonds ran deeper still. while john's colleagues grieve our own loss, we also send our love and support to t

john was a hero. his character, courage, honor, integrity, but i think the things understated the most is his optimism. that's what made john special, made john a giant among all of us. but in my view, john didn't believe that america's future and fate rested on heroes. what i talk most about him is he understood what i hope we all remember, heroes didn't build this country. ordinary people being given half a chance are capable of doing extraordinary things, extraordinary things. john knew ordinary americans understood that each of us has a duty to defend the integrity, dignity, and birthright of every child. good communities are built by thousands of small acts of decency. that americans, as i speak today, show each other every single day. very deep in the d.n.a. of this nation's soul lies a flame that was lit over 200 years ago, that each of us carries with us and each one of us has the capacity, the responsibility, and we can screw up the courage to ensure it's not extinguish. it's a thousand littl

that's what made john special. made john a giant among all of us. but in my view, john didn't believe that america's future and fate rested on heroes. we used to talk about, and i liked most about him, is he understood what i hope we all remember. heroes didn't build this country. ordinary people being given half a chance are capable of doing extraordinary things. extraordinary things. john knew ordinary americans understood that each of us has a duty to defend the integrity, dignity and birthright of every child. a good community is built by thousands of small acts of decency that americans, as i speak today, show each other every single day. that deep in the dna of this nation's soul lies a flame that was lit over 200 years ago, that each of us carries with us, and each one of us has the capacity, the responsibility, and the courage to make sure it's not extinguished. there are a thousand little things that make us different. the bottom line was i think john believed in us. i think he believed in the american people. not just all the preambles. he

thank you, john. in all seriousness, senator mccain's leadership was vital in numerous authorization acts that have substantially improved care for service members and increased the capacity of our military to meet the myriad national security challenges we face. steady force in turbulent times in global afarmers the threats to our national security and the stability of the global order are more numerous and diverse now than way any point in our recent history. we should remain john's guidance that we live in a land made of ideals, not blood and soil. we are the custodians of those ideals, at home and their champion abroad. he believed in an america that is united by its values, not divided by manufactured distrust and animus. most importantly, he emphasized a moral obstacles that we as americans carry to provide leadership in the world and serve as the beacon of hope, opportunity, and justice -- both here and across the globe. as a further reflection, i was always impressed by john's respect for coll

john chapman grew up in connecticut.rom a very young age, john was determined to protect those in need. in kindergarten, john noticed that his classmate was being bullied, as he says, john stepped in and saved me. in his high school yearbook, john quoted these words, give yourself before taking up someone else. very farsighted. john lived by that motto, every single day. everybody that new him said that is the way he lived. graduatedafter he from high school, john enlisted in the united states air force. he was among the elite few to complete air force special tactics training, one of the most rigorous training programs in all of the military. john became an expert in avoiding undetected onto the uptlefield and -- to set airfields and direct fire support. now, john will become the first special tactics airmen to receive the congressional medal of honor. inn mack valerie pennsylvania -- john met valerie in pennsylvania while he was training with the army. it was a big day, a good day, right? they married in 1992 and their

that was john. after the navy, john kept his faith continuing to serve his country, this time the congressman and senator and ultimately as chairman of the armed services committee. he also kept the faith on causes he believed that were just, not wavering from under political pressure. now, we all grieve because john has finished his race here on earth and on his own terms and surrounded by his friends, his loving family. john served his country faithfully for 60 years, we owe him a great debt for this service, this week we will mourn him, honor him and we'll be celebrating the truly remarkable life of an american hero. we all have our john mccain story. at times when we were moved by his stubbornness, his courage, his passion, sometimes all three at the same time. i look forward to hearing these stories and tributes from my good friends. we all grieve for cindy and the family and they'll continue to be in our prayers and lastly, i do believe, now that i've thought about it, that that's what timothy

as was john.hen i found out that he had this incurable form of cancer, i got down on my knees and i prayed very hard that he would survive and be cured of this dreaded disease. it was not to be, and when i got up on sunday morning and found that he had passed away, it was like getting hit with a sledge hammer right in the knees. i knew then that the country was going to be absent of an exceptional american who was patriotic, courageous, and dedicated for the country. >> you first met him inside of a prison cell, you spent two years as cell mates, what did you learn from senator mccain? >> the single most important thing that i learned from john mccain subpoena sum summarizes in a statement about military leadership. it is the mission and the men in the prison camp. it was resisting exploitation, and at the same time, caring for those of us that inhabited that place. what he said on the floor of the senate for that spaesh that i think will go down in history by a senator ever made, and i would cons

john was a hero.er, courage, honor, integrity, but i think the things understated the most is his optimism. that's what made john special, made john a giant among all of us. but in my view, john didn't believe that america's future and fate rested on heroes. what i talk most about him is he understood what i hope we all remember, heroes didn't build this country. ordinary people being given half a chance are capable of doing extraordinary things, extraordinary things. john knew ordinary americans understood that each of us has a duty to defend the integrity, dignity, and birthright of every child. good communities are built by thousands of small acts of decency. that americans, as i speak today, show each other every single day. very deep in the d.n.a. of this nation's soul lies a flame that was lit over 200 years ago, that each of us carries with us and each one of us has the capacity, the responsibility, and we can screw up the courage to ensure it's not extinguish. it's a thousand little things tha

and sure enough, john mccain without the massive campaign operation, john mccain the maverick, john mccainn a ring and a prayer came back and he won that nomination. and i think that really -- it really epitomized the type of person he is. he was -- when you walk into his senate office, it wasn't cold or corporate. it wasn't like a lot of senate offices that you walk into. there was just a bustle of activity. and any time you went into to see the senator, you weaved through a thousand different desks and stacks of paper everywhere and people roomi-- p roaming here and there. it was not the most organized office in the world. he was -- a constant -- he was just constantly in motion and constantly moving. i think the one time that i wanted -- i went into his office through the years where there was more of a silence and it was more contemplateive was when i saw him in february -- think it was february of 2017. and it is so interesting when i went to the hill, which i've been going to for 20 years. every time i went to the hill, i would have jesse rodriguez say who do you want to meet or who

like so many today, i rise to honor john mccain, to sing john mccain's praises. there are many here, most here who knew him longer than i did. i'll admit that when you and i, mr. president, first got here in 2014, i knew john mccain as somebody from the history books. i knew john mccain as somebody destined for the history books. i knew john mccain as an american hero. but i didn't know john mccain the man. i didn't know john mccain, the flesh and blood, genuinely hilarious guy. but over the past 48 months i had the privilege of actually getting to become friends with john mccain. it's sort of weird to say when you're our age -- you're a good bit older than i am, but when you're roughly our age, mr. president, i'm 46 and john mccain was an octogenarian, and he befriended me. i've been on many overnights with john mccain, i've been to war zones with john mccain. i've been cussed out by john mccain lots of times. he would call me stupid bastard on a regular basis and he meant it affectionately. i'm convinced he didn't use the term stupid bastard lately. he reserved

john mccain without the massive campaign operation, john mccain, the maverick, john mccain on a wing and a prayer, he came back and won that nomination. and i think that really, it epitomizes the type of person he is. when you walk into his senate office, it wasn't cold. it wasn't corporate. it wasn't like a lot of senate offices that you walk into. there was just a bustle of activity. and anytime you went in to see the senator, you weaved through a thousand different desks and stacks of paper everywhere and people roaming here and there. it was not -- it was not the most organized office in the world. he was a constant -- he was constantly in motion and constantly moving. i think the one time i went into his office throughout the years where, there was more the silence. it was more contemplative, when i saw him in february -- i think it was february of 2017. it was so interesting, when i went to the hill, which i've been going to for 20 years, every time i go to the hill, i would have jesse rodriguez say, who do you want to meet? who do you want to line up meetings with? and he woul

john mccain said no. he spent another almost five years in captivity before being released on march 14, 1973. it scarcely needs to be said, mr. president, that he remained a thorn in his captors' side the entire time. mr. president, living in perhaps the most privileged country in the world, it's hard for most of us to imagine going without the internet for a few months, let alone something more fundamental like electricity or indoor plumbing. the courage and character and sheer determination required to undergo regular torture, malnourishment and deplorable living conditions is almost impossible to fathom. and yet, hundreds of u.s. soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines, john mccain among them, endured these torments and persevered. and amazingly it was in the prison camps of north vietnam that john mccain discovered the fierce love of country that would animate his life. years later he noted, and i quote, i fell in love with my country when i was a prisoner in someone else's. i loved it for its decency,

john was better than me, and i know it. john was the best of my generation. john mccain was and is a great human being. i don't know what's going to be said in the next few days about john mccain, by whomever it's going to be said. i don't know what's going to be done. but anybody who in any way tarnishes the reputation of john mccain deserves a whipping, because most of the ones who were do the wrong thing about john mccain didn't have the guts to do the right thing when it was their turn. we need to remember that. so i would say to the president or anybody in the world, it's time to pause and say this was a great man. he gave everything for us. we owe him nothing less than the respect that he earned. and that's what i intend to give john. in return for what he gave me. john took me to kosovo 20 years ago when clinton said we're going to send some people over to verify the crime sites, the ethnic cleansing. i went to pristina with john, went to montenegro, went to the world security conference in munich a few years after that. got to sit with piewp putin the

mccain's sons, john and jimmy, jack john mccain the fourth, went to, and jimmy mccain.ecause it's called arizona. it says, i love you arizona, your mountains, deserts and streams, there are two very famous "twin peaks" and "twin peaks" in arizona. and the outlaw i see in my dreams, we will first hear from andrew mccain and bridget mccain and we will hear from the former vice president joe biden and he will talk about, we are told to come up the relationship going back 40 years. he will also have some very funny stories and we will talk to larry fitzgerald, the wide receiver for the arizona cardinals will also speak. it is an amazing tribute to know that there are professional athletes from every sport, from local arizona teens, and the passion that john mccain had for his hometown teams, the cardinals, the coyotes, the sons, and of course the arizona diamondbacks who won the 2001 world series. what is it that you think that john mccain, who planned all this come up with think about ceremonies today? biko he clearly did put a lot of thought in this. it was important to h

it was john mccain. i had made speech after speech on the subject, but when john mccain got up and spoke about the issue of torture, there was silence on the floor of the senate as we listened carefully. he proposed a resolution establishing humane standards of treatment, realizing that the humanity we showed toward our prisoners is the same humanity we expected if americans were taken prisoner, and his effort was enacted by the senate with over 90 votes, a strong bipartisan roll call. john mccain more than anything was a champion of the united states military. the men and women who serve in our armed forces. they never had a better friend. our nation's veterans and their families never had a stronger ally. he was a leader in the fight to curb the influence of special interests and politics and to make our government truly a government of, by, and for the people, with russ feingold and john mccain, they moved us toward what america is longing for, putting the special interests behind us, putting the peop

john. a sign that this was so expected is that things started to move in pretty quick fashion. after senator john mccain left this earth we saw the flags behind me at the capital building in arizona be lowered to half staff. the pow staff went down first, down there on his own for little while and then we saw it followed by the american flag. and then the arizona fight. we started to get the outpouring of love and prayers for his family and for his family that is now in morning, of course. we heard from cindy mccain, his wife, of 38 years and she said my heart is broken. i am so lucky to have lived the adventure of loving the suitable man for 38 years. he passed away the way he lived, on his own terms, surrounded by the people he loved in the place he loved best and that would be at the ranch in arizona, northern arizona, in [inaudible] arizona, south of sedona. it's a place that meant so much to him. his favorite place on earth. as he like to say, his family, those who invest he started sa

it was john mccain. i made speech after speech on the subject but when john mccain got up and spoke about the issue of torture, there was silence in the floor of the senate as we listened carefully. he proposed a resolution establishing humane standards of treatment realizing that the humanity we showed toward our prisoners is the same community we expected if americans were taken prisoner. in his effort was enacted by the senate with over 90 votes a strong person roll call. john mccain more than anything was a champion of the united states military. the men and women who served in our armed forces. they never had a better friend. our nation's veterans and their families never had a stronger ally. he was a leader in the fight to curb the influence of special interest in politics, and to make our government truly a government by and for the people. with russ feingold and john mccain they moved us towards what america is longing for putting the special interest behind us putting the people first ending sof

today, people wanted to be around john mccain. >> this is a message about john mccain but also john mccain's is an idea. it's a declaration of universal human dignity. 7.5 billion people across the globe created by god with rights. you don't have rights because we gave them to you. john was the proponent of that american ideal. you heard a lot of people singing a mccain refrain to that. >> one more question, how do you -- how do you take this message and continue it in a practical way? how do you take his life and legacy and what he did in the u.s. senate and politics and continue it in a real way, not just talking about it now, but in the future? >> sure. this is obviously a week, not just yesterday and today, through saturday and the burial coming. this is a time to celebrate john. one of the things you see are a civic that is are bigger than policy preference in john. we have a lot of people in politics who are mostly interested in their own incumbency and low grade tribalism. what should we do about "x"? the other guys are worse than our guys. wouldn't it be great to come out of the week

i said, well, that's very nice, john. you know why, lindsey? i said no, john. if you'd been in my class, i would have been sixth from the bottom, not fifth. thank you very much, john. humiliation and affection were constant companions. the more he humiliated you, the more he liked you. in that regard i was well served . to my colleagues, thank you again so much for what you have done. the only way i know to put this in words that maybe john can relate to is that after a military operation is over, after a mission is complete, the pilots come back and debrief. if there's a military operation, they do an after-action report. i thought to myself, what would it say? what would the after-action report for john mccain say? and the purpose of these reports is for lessons learned so that others will benefit and make sure that we'll remember, remember the things that went well and the things that did not so we'll be better off as a unit, as a nation. the title of the operation was pretty easy. you can say a lot of things about me but clever is not one of them. operation

i said, well, that's very nice, john. you know why, lindsey? i said no, john. if you'd been in my class, i would have been sixth from the bottom, not fifth. thank you very much, john. humiliation and affection were constant companions. the more he humiliated you, the more he liked you. in that regard i was well served . to my colleagues, thank you again so much for what you have done. the only way i know to put this in words that maybe john can relate to is that after a military operation is over, after a mission is complete, the pilots come back and debrief. if there's a military operation, they do an after-action report. i thought to myself, what would it say? what would the after-action report for john mccain say? and the purpose of these reports is for lessons learned so that others will benefit and make sure that we'll remember, remember the things that went well and the things that did not so we'll be better off as a unit, as a nation. the title of the operation was pretty easy. you can say a lot of things about me but clever is not one of them. operation

we honor a true american hero, senator john kane. -- john mccain. he dedicated his life to public firste is a vote nation, in the military and then in elected office. himself directly in harm's way during the vietnam war and his great sacrifice of personal freedom is well known. as a senator, he served with honesty and integrity working both with those with whom he agreed and many with whom he did not. his willingness to speak the truth as he understood it, even when it was not politically expedient to do so proved to be a rare phenomenon. for that reason, it was all the more precious. as we continue this celebration of honor, let all who attend these proceedings might transcend smallness and limitation and emerge as people desirous of being our self -- best selves, as you might call each of us to be. dear lord, thank you for its inspiring such greatness in john mccain and continue to bless the united states of america. amen. >> mr. vice president, mr. speaker, colleagues, distinguished guests and the mccain family. it is an honor to welcome you thi

first, who was john mccain? john was a man deeply in love with his country and its promise. a man optimistic that tomorrow would be better than today and the man grateful for the chance to serve a cause greater than himself. his humor was rooted in that hopefulness, the sometimes sharp sting of his words in debate rooted in his passion for his cause and the love of the fight and his restlessness rooted in an impatience to get on with it, defending y, liberty or making a difference in the world, to help soften the burdens of millions not yet free. john was both a romantic and a cynic as some have said, with love and passion about the causes he fought for yet clear eyed about the long odds he often faced in our ideals. trying to summarize john, just reviewing a few of his titles fairly captures this complexity of this man. naval aviator, pow, captive, congressman, senator, chair of the commerce committee, chair of the armed purposes committee, presidential nominee of his party. hero. john also treasure deeply plto titles rarely mentionedhere . president and father. he clearly

john. a sign that this was so expected is that things started to move in pretty quick fashion. after senator john mccain left this earth we saw the flags behind me at the capital building in arizona be lowered to half staff. the pow staff went down first, down there on his own for little while and then we saw it followed by the american flag. and then the arizona fight. we started to get the outpouring of love and prayers for his family and for his family that is now in morning, of course. we heard from cindy mccain, his wife, of 38 years and she said my heart is broken. i am so lucky to have lived the adventure of loving the suitable man for 38 years. he passed away the way he lived, on his own terms, surrounded by the people he loved in the place he loved best and that would be at the ranch in arizona, northern arizona, in [inaudible] arizona, south of sedona. it's a place that meant so much to him. his favorite place on earth. as he like to say, his family, those who invest he started sa

that was john mccain as the maverick. as somebody who was willing to challenge those that were in power. a truly inspiring figure. >> jon, one of those things from your tweet, the photo you're there on that old flip phone. you're right next to the candidate. so many reporters sat so close to them on those bus trips. what was about it john mccain that he loved having reporters next to him and he wasn't at war with the press. >> reporter: tom, it was phenomenal. and as a young reporter, really, this was my first full-blown experience covering a presidential campaign. to see somebody that i spent more time in john mccain in the back of that did bus, than his campaign manager, political director, all of the people that mic micromanage political campaigns. we were back there. tom, it was always on the record, by the way, he invited the press in and believe me, we sparred with him. i had a campaign event up in new hampshire, where he pointed me out and i could only speak russian -- he would fight with the best. you know, and i

and john was loyal. we traveled a lot together to afghanistan, and iraq, to munich and mali and mongolia, to many, many places, but most poignantly to vietnam. my dad served five years in vietnam and he told me about his colleague, admiral mccain, whose son was a p.o.w., who had been shot down and wounded terribly, but refused early release. as a boy i went with my father to an air base in saigon, the night that our p.o.w.'s returned from captivity. john had left straight from hanoi and did not pass through, but i witnessed how frail and ill and pale and battered his fellow p.o.w.'s were as they clamored out of the helicopters and into the glare of the tv ligh lights. well, i was ready to revere any man who had been through that and to find that this man was so friendly, and cheerful, and feisty, and irreverent, that put me irrevocably into his club. and john attracted people of exceptional talent and ability to became so devoted, they would walk through fire for him. john attracted the admiration of for

and sure enough, john mccain without the massive campaign operation, john mccain the maverick, john mccain on a ring and a prayer came back and he won that nomination. and i think that really -- it really epitomized the type of person he is. he was -- when you walk into his senate office, it wasn't cold or corporate. it wasn't like a lot of senate offices that you walk into. there was just a bustle of activity. and any time you went into to see the senator, you weaved through a thousand different desks and stacks of paper everywhere and people -- people roaming here and there. it was not the most organized office in the world. he was -- a constant -- he was just constantly in motion and constantly moving. i think the one time that i wanted -- i went into his office through the years where there was more of a silence and it was more contemplateive was when i saw him in february -- think it was february of 2017. and it is so interesting when i went to the hill, which i've been going to for 20 years. every time i went to the hill, i would have jesse rodriguez say who do you want to meet or wh

john mccain, there it goes. want your thoughts as we watch this plane kind of start moving toward the runway. >> i think it's been a gorgeous send-off from the state of arizona. the service this morning, just a fabulous tribute. what he's given to the state and gave in the right way. i think it's worth repeating the research you made earlier. he could have gone after the goodies for arizona. that's not the way he did business. there was a larger purpose, the governance of the united states and things would be right for arizona. that's how he saw it and that's what happened. >> doug, senator kelly ayotte, very good of you both to join us. a remarkable day. my mistake. the plane is not moving. the camera was moving. apparently the plane is still static. so we're still waiting. we're going to take a fast break and come back. if the plane moves, we'll come back. we're going to take a fast break and continue our coverage of john mccain, the tribute to the former senator of arizona. >> many people might wonder what an

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john mccain and the grand canyon. imagining arizona without john mccain is like picturing an arizona without the grand canyon, it's just not natural. the woman who brought john mccain to arizona, cindy, thank you. the hearts and prayers of angela, and i and our entire state and nation are with you and your family at this moment. always known for your elegance, grace and compassion and those qualities have been on full display this past year. you are a model for us and an inspiration. arizona loves you, cindy mccain. to the woman that brought john mccain into this world, mrs. mccain, roberta, 106 years young, you raised a remarkable son and we are truly blessed that you are among us still. when we look to you, there is no doubt where john mccain inherited his determination, resilience and tenacity, it was built into his d.n.a. you see it in john's children, who carry on his spirit of service, doug, andy, meghan, sydney, jack, jimmy and bridget, may god bless you and keep all of you, your father was very proud and so is

america will miss john mccain. the world will miss john mccain and i will miss him dearly. on behalf of myself, jill, and the entire biden family, our n condolences go out to the entire mccain family. i want to go live now to stephanie elim. she is outside the ranch where senator mccain passed away this evening. these are live pictures. very sad moment. we learned that john mccain passed away at 4:28 this afternoon. i believe that is local time according to the press release put out from the senator's office. stephanie is live in arizona. fill us in on what's been happening there and what you're hearing on the ground. >> reporter: well, right now you're seeing the most activity. there was just a police escort here to the ranch that dana so beautifully described just a few moments ago here at what they call the cabin out here in the rural part of arizona. i have to tell you, it has been such strikingly beautiful day up here with the cloud cover and the rain came in. up against those stark red rocks, i could see why senator mccain called this home. just now we saw the suvs ma

that's what made john special. made john a giant among all of us. >> many people might wonder what a young african-american kid from minnesota and a highly decorated vietnam war hero turned united states senator might have in common. i'm black, he was white. [laughter] i'm young, he wasn't so young. [laughter] how does this unlikely pair become friends? i've asked myself this same question. but do you know what the answer is? that's just who he is. >> jon: mike emanuel is live for us on capitol hill. set the stage, mike, for what is going to happen today. >> good morning. we expect it to be quite a tribute to the legendary life and service of senator john mccain. only the 30th person to lie in state in the united states capitol rotunda. v.i.p. speeches for this type of event. mitch mcconnell, paul ryan, vice president mike pence representing the trump administration and also some bipartisan presentation of wreaths. mcconnell and schumer, ryan and pelosi and one by the vice president. we expect the president's cabin

john mccain a p.o.w. john mccain a vietnam vet. john mccain the statesman.mccain better known as the maverick. again, john mccain died at 81 years old, died after fighting a vea grefs form of brain cancer. and you're watching cnn live coverage this hour as we continue to remember the life and legacy of john mccain. stay with us. we will of course continue to bring you the reaction, people's responses, the thoughts about this man as our coverage continues. ♪ woman 1: proof of less joint pain... woman 2: ...and clearer skin. woman 3: this is my body of proof. man 2: proof that i can fight psoriatic arthritis... woman 4: ...with humira. woman 5: humira targets and blocks a specific source of inflammation that contributes to both joint and skin symptoms. it's proven to help relieve pain, stop further irreversible joint damage, and clear skin in many adults. humira is the #1 prescribed biologic for psoriatic arthritis. avo: humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphom