in later years with someone across the aisle more and more and work with people like ted kennedy, for example, on immigration, healthcare. chad pegram we mentioned earlier, senior capital producer sent out this note saying john mccain, by dying today, died nine years to the day that ted kennedy died of brain cancer, as well. they had the same form of brain cancer in both battled it valiantly and odd coincidence that the two men worked together for a long time the senate -- i remember walking the hallways with mccain and they be working on immigration and he said teddy kennedy, and never thought but again, i know that's a four letter word right now, mice and get along and douglas says john mccain did not always get along and i'm not turning them to a saint but he was a fighter and he could be ornery and he lose that sometimes. i remember the 2016 campaign i was covering hillary clinton we were in new hampshire and racing to the boston logan airport to get home who do i went into but john mccain? he was raising money for his campaign in the boston area. bottom line, he said what are you

ted kennedy was one of his great friends. you hear really reverential stories from people on both sides of the aisle about mccain. he was truly an iconic figure in the senate. i think particularly at this fraught time, there's a sense of real loss in the country because of that. >> his nickname as the maverick clearly takes on a significance right now. right now the mccain family and the senator's casket will be -- in fact, they are right now making their way from the state capitol to the church. the former u.s. vice president joe biden is already there. he will pay tribute to his very, very close friend. our cnn special coverage will continue in just minutes. you wouldn't accept an incomplete job from any one else. why accept it from your allergy pills? flonase sensimist relieves your worst symptoms, including nasal congestion, which most pills don't. it helps block six key inflammatory substances. most pills block one. flonase sensimist. new shine compulsion. from maybelline new york. feel the compulsion. hydrating oil-in-l

he was close to my mentor ted kennedy but not so with me. sert anyone who served with service senator mccain on any committee we get to know other senators up close and before our friendship the closest brush was commentsye he made at defense policy whena, he said long island was states. regrettably part of the united states. i lashed at him which prompted him to senate reply i'm sorry ts at least one of my colleagues that cannot take a joke. i apologize if i offended offended him. and i hope that some aday he wie have a sense of humor.m o now, t wit. t as things began to defrost with a gang of 14 to avoid a change in the senate rules.dministrat with a tight and lasting friendship that emerged froms fr oumigration reform. h in close quarters for nearly one year day after day and week after week to fine-tune the only piece of major immigration reforms we visited the southernp border together to look at thehe gaps security up close and doing what the senate was supposed to do. working in a bipartisan way to find solutions and overcoming obstac

and exactly nine years after senator ted kennedy died from the same type of aggressive brain cancer. a police escort ushered mccain's body from his hometown of sedona to phoenix where he will lie in state. tributes have been pouring in from presidents trump, obama, clinton, carter and the bushes. mccain is being remembered as a patriot of the highest order. nancy cordes has more tonight from arizona. >> reporter: arizonians laid flowers and flags outside a phoenix funeral home as the political world mourned. >> it was tough. i'm going to miss him. >> reporter: republican jeff flake is the junior senator from arizona. >> i have admired him, like i said, my entire life. and it's tough to imagine a senate without him. it's tough to imagine politics without john mccain. >> reporter: mccain ran for president twice, served in congress for 36 years, and spent 5 1/2 years as a prisoner of war in vietnam. this week he'll get a hero's send off, lying in state at both the arizona and u.s. capital buildings, eulogized at memorial services by former vice-president joe biden and former presidents

and ted kennedy said we showed them that time. the fact he understood you could compete vigorously over ideas in this process of ours and still have great respect for others is something we need to remember, in our politics. and something we're losing. one of the sad things about his departure is that there's one more great voice for reconciliation who is lost. and now it's up to the rest of us to live up to those ideals that he counciled even up to his last. >> i remember, s.e. my father who obviously is gone as well, saying to me when i was getting ready for mccain in an interview, he said, just go to what he believes. he is the real deal. don't try to make him dance for positions, you're going to lose. just talk to him about what he believes. he's the real deal. high praise from a guy who couldn't be more different in terms of politics, but what mattered most, same page. s.e., send our best to the family. >> i will. >> thank you for sharing were perspective. >> sometimes in these moments, i'll be honest with you, we truncate th

john berman, did this morning with patrick kennedy, former member of congress, of course son of ted kennedy. he talked really eloquently about the relationship but also about what john mccain and his late father symbolized when it comes to what's right and what should be done in the u.s. senate. >> my father genuinely loved and respected john mccain. it's an example of what we need today, again, and that is that even though they disagreed, they were always searching for ways to put their country ahead of their party. it sounds so trite, but no, not at all. in these days that we're living in, we really need people to have that as their goal. >> it's not trite, it's reality and you see it in the halls every single day, phil. >> i think it's really interesting. as you watch the old guard or the old bulls leave the united states senate, as we've seen too frequently over the course of the last 10 or 15 years, it's this reality of it's different now than it used to be. obviously nostalgia is a wonderful drug and we can all say it is better back when, but now when you look at the legislative prior

he was friends with ted kennedy who died 10 years ago yesterday also from brain cancer.e teamed up with russ feingold. he wants did vodka shots with hillary clinton on a trip to estonia. he would use his recesses to visit afghanistan and iraq again and again. it's no surprise the senate minority leader chuck schumer is pushing to rename the russell senate building after john mccain. joining me from capitol hill is mike emanuel. what was it like to cover and deal with the senator john mccain and john mccain the person. reporter: really a fascinating character. he was serious about the issues, you heard him talk about the iraq war and afghanistan and policy matters. you see mccain when you are about to do a life shot with us or another network. he would wink with a twinkle in his eye. he would say what are you doing, boy? i would look over and realize i was being heckled by john mccain. my understanding is john mccain believed if we were telling the stories about what's going on and writing the stories in our nation's politics, having a relationship would help us know what

even though ted kennedy and john mccain differed on many other issues.o take political risks at home in the senate. and he is a reminder, because i hope that this era hasn't passed forever, that bipartisanship is possible. so i think that he didn't just sha shape the senate, he wasn't majority leader or minority leader. he did bigger things than that. he actually set a tone and he personally embodied a vision for this country, at home and abroad. >> tim, thank you so much for walking us through that. certainly appreciate it. >> thank you. >>>. >> senator mccain devoted 36 years of his life to congress. his political colleagues from both sides of the aisle will reflect on how he became one of the country's most respect and influential politicians. >> the american people know me very well. and that is independent and a maverick of the senate and i'm happy to say that i've got a partner that's a good maverick along with me now. . ♪ the chili pepper sweat-out. not cool. freezing away fat cells with coolsculpting? now that's cool! coolsculpting safely freezes

because he, nixon, thought ted kennedy would be his opponent in 1972. he wanted to get the goods on him. he always wanted to get the goods on people. the main person was dan ellsberg , who had leaked the pentagon papers. kissinger was worked up about got nixon and this worked up. isy then committed what perhaps the most dangerous -- nixon understood this. he was more concerned about the following being found out that the watergate break-in. , theis the burglars plumbers, they were called. plumbing for leaks. out to california and rated the office of dan ellsberg hissychiatrist to get psychiatric files. imagine that, the white house foring somebody out psychiatric files. there was a problem. even though they cased it, there was no file. they broke in ok. two leaders had their pictures taken in front of the dr.'s , using cia equipment, cameras, voice changers, wigs. so the cia got these pictures and said, what is this? this is a violation of the fourth amendment beyond anything we could imagine. that is what the cover-up was really about. fortunately for

that is today, nine years ago, august 25th, 2009, is the day that his friend ted kennedy passed away from the exact same disease, the exact same brain cancer. very close friends across the aisle. even though they disagreed on lots of things, they worked together on many things. the fact they died on the same day is ironic and in some ways comforting for their families given their relationship. >> it gives me goosebumps to think about that. please stand by with us. you mentioned how he had friends on all sides of the aisle in all walks of life. one of those friends was former vice president joe biden who also had a very personal fight with cancer. his son, of course, died of the same kind of brain cancer that john mccain has now passed from. this is a statement now from vice president joe biden on senator john mccain. he writes, john mccain's life is proof that some truths are timeless, character, courage, integrity, honor, a life lived embodying those truths casts a long, long shadow. john mccain will cast a long shadow. his impact on america hasn't ended, not even close wi. it will

he had a deep love for ted kennedy. i remember during that campaign r campaign, ted kennedy calling him, one of the earliest endo e endorsers and someone who really celebrated and boosted the candidacy of then senator obama. and you know that, friendship survived all those things because it was built on something more than a single presidential election cycle even one with john mccain in it. i think the reason he view himself not as sort of a hostage to the pulverized politics that we are sadly living in right now is because he traveled the world with people like hillary clinton, with senator klobuchar, with democrats and republicans where when you land in georgia or you land in you know, myanmar, land in afghanistan or iraq, you don't land as a democrat or republican. you land as an american delegation. you land as lawmakers and policymakers that can help the lives of the kinds of people you just described. >> and some of his closest colleagues in this generation were jack reed and chris coons on the armed services and

reporter: mccain's death came 9 years to the day after the death of another senate electric end, ted kennedy. they partnered together to attempt to change the nation's campaign system. cindy mccain writing on twitter, my heart is broken. i'm so lucky for living the adventure with this incredible man for 38 years. is daughter megyn said he loved me and i loved him. he taught me how to live. his love and care took me from a girl to a woman and showed me what it is to be a man. earlier this year he published what would turn out to be his last book. he voiced satisfaction for always living his life in the moment. sometimes imperfectly, but always with passion. >> some things didn't work out the way i hoped they would, but by god i enjoyed it. reporter: we soon expect to hear official details on memorial services here, phoenix and washington, d.c. the senator will be buried at the naval academy cemetery. the responsibility to replace the legend belongs to the state's governor ducey. sandra: kelly ayotte who was dubbed one of the three amigos. welcome back to "fox news sunday." you wrote a beautif

john mccain was basically the last of the so-called lions of the senate those big figures like ted kennedy maybe on the democratic side politicians who didn't just so the party line who really follow their conscience and were able to reach out across the aisle and also work with the old position or with the opposing party and so this is definitely unique someone like him will be missing him and just briefly mccain of course was president trump's fiercest critic how high is donald trump in reacting. donald trump sent out a short and rather unconvincing treat saying that his thoughts and prayers are with the family of joe men came but i think what will stick in people's mind is more how president from just a few days ago omitted the name of john mccain when he was presenting odds signing a defense bill that basically had john mccain's name on it and donald trump managed not to mention him at all it just shows how petty the battle between the two have become and people are not really looking for more quotes from from donald trump at this point the focus is on john mccain ok cust many thanks f

and he said to me with ted kennedy, you're going to learn, lindsey, that the other side has to get something, too. i have learned that lesson. to my friends on the other side, as long as i'm here, i'm going to remember that you have to get something, too. he taught me that when good ignores evil, it may be convenient but it seldom works. he talked about what would happen in iraq if we left. he was right. he talked about what would happen in syria if we didn't get involved. he was right. why? because warriors are the best, i believe, at making peace, and the warrior understands the difference between a false peace and real peace. to those who accused him of wanting endless wars, you have no idea what you were talking about. he wanted sustainable peace and understood the consequences of not seeing it through. the soldiers adored him. to those who have traveled with john, you seldom had two mills in the same country. you met more people than you could remember, but you were struck by one thing. we're going to really bad places a lot. and those in the military adored this man. he taught me that

one time he called and he had ted kennedy in the room with him. he was saying something. one of his closest friends, to shut up. bass he's telling -- doesn't want to be interrupted. when he was with you, and as he was with president bush on the surge in iraq and immigration reform, i mean, he was smart, he was intelligent, he was passionate, committed, energetic, tireless and constantly working to find a way to get forward movement. that's what america needs more of in congress in my opinion. that's an irony the two men from deeply different ee deon logical view points, one liberal, one conservative, both of them members of the u.s. senate died on the same day, nine years apart, and they were the closest of friends, ted kennedy and john mccain. >> dana: stand by, william lageness is in phoenix. william, hi. william, we'll turn it over to you in phoenix. >> i can't hear you. but john mccain did lead a unique and remarkable american life. jen i'm hearing you. what i was going to say, he led this remarkable life, it was unique and consider reflected in the individuals speaki

the kennedys established a friendship which lasted till today, robert kennedy and his family and ted kennedy as well. john glenn was there, the hero of the hour, he sat at mrs. kennedy's table. he had just orbited the earth. anyone who wanted to talk to john glenn would soon run for the senate for ohio for the first time, lester pearson, canadian liberal party leader, won nobel peace prize on suess crisis, he would be elected prime minister of canada the following year. robert frost was there, he was 88, he was a magnet all evening for people. of course, frost was -- had become famous for his reciting of the gift outright poem in inago intraiciÓn -- inauguration and president kennedy would send him on a mission, cultural affairs mission to the soviet union. katherine anne porter was there, she had written one novel, she mostly wrote short stories but her one novel on that very day reached number one in "the new york times" best seller list. only nobel female was there, mary hemmingway, as mentioned in the introduction, she sat at president's kennedy table but she also got into an argument ov

mccain and democratic senator ted kennedy made a push for copies of immigration reform. >> the legislation failed, it passed both houses. the president bush's second term coming to a close mccain again announced his candidacy for president. >> i do so grateful for the privilege this country has already given me, mindful, seek the response abilities for reasons greater the myth of interest. >> this time mccain won the majority delegates on super today and in the march for primary giving them the lead he needed to secure the nomination. mccain surprised by presidential back was philip palin and the two surge ahead of democratic candidate in illinois senator barack obama bb candidate joe biden in the polls following the republican national convention. obama gain momentum and ultimately defeated mccain in the general election. >> these are difficult times for our country. i pledge to him tonight to do all in my power to help the leaders to the many challenges we face. as ranking member of the senate armed services committee mccain remained active on foreign-policy. he rallied for military inte

for the clintons it was personal because they had worked for ted kennedy, they were friends with ted edy and it was a real blow for us. hillary said where do we go from here, and frankly we didn't have the answer. >> hillary clinton never anticipated to have a well financed opponent and well organized opponent like barack obama. >> her strategy is winning early on and closing down shop, moving onto the general election. but that's not happening. they're out of money and that is huge problem. but she fights and keep fighting. >> clinton has campaigned $5 million of her own money to see her through the near term. >> i am going to keep making our case until we have a nominee whoever she may be. >> one of these cards, i want you to fill it out and become part of this process. >> people underestimated not just him as a candidate but to political operation that he was able to put into place. and i think his background in community organizing helps throughout the campaign. >> call these folks up and tell them you will go with them. >> the two campaigns have pursued two markedly different str

, he would tell me stories when i was covering him there how he and ted kennedy enjoyed in politicalebates. at times for the camera and the gallery, the members of the public who could be inside the chamber at the u.s. capitol. john mccain as i have covered him and known him is a feisty spirit, he enjoys being funny and poking fun, he enjoys a good fight. he really savor the opportunity toe engage politically with his politics. at times including throwing some elbow a elbows and barbs at them. >> of course, from a navy family and the other thing that always strike me is we think of him as a presidential national figure because he was the nominee for the republican party long known for his p.o.w. and the five and a half years of captivity in vietnam and the brutal suffering he endured there and the senator but he often would say to me, the people of arizona knows me and i know them. a national figure who always talks about the people of arizona. he did not have a home base of his own. when he met hensley mccain and they became a family and arizona has became his home and he represente

has lasted until this day that john kennedy and his family, robert kennedy andnd his family and ted kennedy as well. john clinton was there, the hero of the hour. he adjusts orbit off the earth and everybody wanted to talk to john glenn whon would soon run for the senate or ohio for the first time. lester pearson was the canadian liberal party leader was fair. he had when the notebook grease prize for his work on the suez crisis and he would be elect the prime minister the following year. robert frost was there. of course frost had become famous for his reciting of the palm of the maturation in 1961 and president kennedy coming in now, a couple months was sent into russia onm a special missin to the soviet union. catherine porter was fair. one novel she had mostly wrote short stories, but are one on that very day reached number one in "the new york times" best seller list. mary hemingway as you mentioned in the introduction she sat at president kennedy's table, but she also plotted argument with him over the policy. hemingway had lived in cuba for 20 years and she had a particular perspecti

reporter: mccain and democratic senator ted kennedy make a push for comprehensive immigration reform.ident bush's second term coming to a close he announced his candidacy for president. >> i do so mindful that i must seek the responsibilities for reasons greater than my self-interest. reporter: this time mccain won the majority of delegates giving him the lead he needed to secure the nomination. the surprise pick of alaska governor sara palin for vice president. but obama gained momentum and ultimately defeated mccain in the general election. >> these are difficult time for our country. i pledge to him tonight to do all in my power to help him lead us with the many challenges we face. reporter: mccain remained active and foreign policy. pushed for democratic reforms in egypt and called for withholding u.s. aid to the egyptian army. he publicly criticized the obama administration for its handling of the september 11, 2012 attack on the u.s. diplomatic mission in benghazi that killed four americans including ambassador chris stevens. >> we are holding the president of the united states

they were friends with ted kennedy and it was a real blow for us.aid where do we go from here and frankly, we didn't have an answer. >> hillary clinton never expected to have a well-financed opponent like barack obama. >> her entire strategy is based on winning early on and closing down shop, moving on to the general election. but that's not happening. they are out of money and that's a huge problem. but she keeps fighting. >> her campaign has $5 million of her own money to see her through the near term. >> i'm going to keep making our case until we have a nominee whoever she may be. >> one of these cards. i want you to fill it out. you want you to become part of this process. >> people underestimated the political operation that he was able to put into place. his blgd can be organizing helps throughout the campaign. >> call these folks and tell them you will go with them. >> the two campaigns have pursued different strategies. clinton focused her attention on the big prizes. new york, new jersey, california, where a large. population means lot of d

vietnam war, to former vice president joe biden who he served in the senate with, and the late ted kennedywho my gosh they died on the same day nine years apart. mccain always wanted to find that common thread to keep the place running to keep the senate functions. >> he was of course you know, a father and a husband, and a prisoner of war. but as a senator, you are right, paul, that mccain first fell in love with congress when he was in the navy back in the late '70s. tell me about what he saw, just even as a young officer. >> sure. you know, after he was freed from vietnam, he came back. he did a couple of different jobs. finally, they put him in the liaison office for the navy where he worked essentially in the capitol interacting with senators. that's where he met these legends, the joe bidens, and ted kennedys, pat moynihan, and phil graham eventually. that's where he really caught the political bug. he saw the power that these folks had and the way they could impact policy and he was enthralled by it. in 1981 he left the navy which was a pretty rebellious thing to do for the son and

he was friends with ted kennedy who died 10 years ago yesterday also from brain cancer.dka shots with hillary clinton on a trip to estonia. he would use his recesses to visit afghanistan and iraq again and again. it's no surprise the senate minority leader chuck schumer is pushing to rename the russell senate building after john mccain. joining me from capitol hill is mike emanuel. what was it like to cover and deal with the senator john mccain and john mccain the person. reporter: really a fascinating character. he was serious about the issues, you heard him talk about the iraq war and afghanistan and policy matters. you see mccain when you are about to do a life shot with us or another network. he would wink with a twinkle in his eye. he would say what are you doing, boy? i would look over and realize i was being heckled by john mccain. my understanding is john mccain believed if we were telling the stories about what's going on and writing the stories in our nation's politics, having a relationship would help us know what he was thinking with his votes over the years.

i remember ted kennedy, elizabeth warren is no ted kennedy.that they're going through the motions and the reason for that is that the weak spots on the republican party in the senate rand paul seem to be solid whereas on the democratic side, a lot of the senators running in trump states are under a lot of pressure, each heidi heitkam is meeting with kavanaugh. i think he gets 52 points. paul: what about document demand fights, mary, chuck schumer said you have to turn every document when he was in white house, turn over every document when he worked in stark campaign. we will turn over a million or so but we won't turn everything. >> archives said that they wouldn't be able to get that by the end of october and, of course, that's the strategy, if you can't produce all these documents then the people like the red state democrats will be able to say, well, you know, the process isn't complete and so try to drag it out and, of course, get it into the lame duck or even next year. and so this is going to require a lot of leadership on the party of

there was a time when senator mccain told me he and ted kennedy were on the floor and it was a hot summer day like this and the gallery was filled with tourists and there was a big issue of the moment which right now i don't recall but the two of them were there and whispering to each other and john mccain said to ted kennedy, let's give them a show. and by that, he meant each man went to his respective senate desk and they delivered thundering debate, something out of another time and place in senatorial sort of statesmanship and they did it for the fun of the publicing there as well as the substance of what they were saying but they enjoyed engaging. and that was very much john mccain. he would also say in your conversation about are there others who step up, there was a reason that john mccain was able to be perhaps more irascible and challenging to his party. it's because he knew the voters would stay with him and i think many of the lawmakers of this moment are not so sure the voters would stay with them. so if voters want lawmakers who will go against party, will work across the ais

mccain's death also comes nine years to the day that his other good friend, democratic senator ted kennedydied of the same disease. after kennedy's death, mccain said the place wouldn't be the same without him. and now nine years later, the same is being said about mccain. cnn's chief political correspondent dana bash takes a look back at mccain's storied public life. . >> reporter: his dramatic senate return against doctors' orders after being diagnosed with brain cancer. >> i've been a member of the united states senate for 30 years. >> reporter: his late night thumbs down that single handedly crushed his party's push to repeal and replace obamacare. john mccain's last big moment in the political spotlight captured so many of the complexities of his character. a stubborn man who survived many a brush with death, who spent a lifetime looking for moments to shine as a leader, and put country first. yet, forever a hot dog fighter pilot with dramatic flare and white knuckle political instincts. john sydney mccain iii was born with a storied legacy of service to live up to. his father and gra

that ted cruz's father might have played a role in ted kennedy association. is google just more of the same or do you think it also might be a diversion nare tactic trying to change what has been dominating the news the last 48 hours which is the way he treated the memory of john mccain. >> for republicans who try to push the conspiracy theory on google should do research on bias and algorithm. t at the root of this. >> that's an important point. i don't want to gloss over it. >> google is successful because if you google something and i google something we won't necessarily get the same result. they are successful because they have figured out a way with algorithms to deliver to people what it is they're looking for. >> sure. >> chris, social media works the same exact way. about a year or so ago on lawrence o'donnell show i said as a republican ill thought democrats should take the house in november. i would prefer divided government. i expected to see blistering attacks on social media. i only saw affirmation of what i said because based on my interactions

mccain and democratic senator ted kennedy made a push for copies of immigration reform. >> the legislation failed, it passed both houses. the president bush's second term coming to a close mccain again announced his candidacy for president. >> i do so grateful for the privilege this country has already given me, mindful, seek the response abilities for reasons greater the myth of interest. >> this time mccain won the majority delegates on super today and in the march for primary giving them the lead he needed to secure the nomination. mccain surprised by presidential back was philip palin and the two surge ahead of democratic candidate in illinois senator barack obama bb candidate joe biden in the polls following the republican national convention. obama gain momentum and ultimately defeated mccain in the general election. >> these are difficult times for our country. i pledge to him tonight to do all in my power to help the leaders to the many challenges we face. as ranking member of the senate armed services committee mccain remained active on foreign-policy. he rallied for military inte

jo john mccain and ted kennedy had a lot of respect for each other, they worked across the aisle. wondered if he let himself go, in some ways, on that day, to die on the same day as his friend teddy kennedy. >> wow. we didn't even think of that possibility, david. you know, i want to -- you're on the phone with us, so you may not be able to see the images, but i want to ask our director to play a moment. there were certain moments, david, as you'll remember, moments that really stood out in john mccain's life. one moment, we just played it a moment ago, but this was that critical moment on the senate floor. this of course after republicans took the white house under control of the u.s. president donald trump. they controlled both the house and senate. and mccain's colleagues needed his vote for the complete repeal of obamacare. you saw it there, that move in dramatic flair, denying them the opportunity. david, that was a moment. then i want to play this other moment, this was during the campaign when mccain was running against the then-democratic candidate barack obama during a to

i mean, not so much who is the next mccain or the next senator ted kennedy, but who is the next one to add least have a piece of the torch that they're willing to hold up and share with the country? it is not so much about being anti-trump, and a lot of people put mccain in the box, if he was a never trump. no, it was about principle and values. it was about core ideas that he thought still mattered. i think a lot of people in the country thought still mattered. >> you know, i wanted to add, hallie, looking at the television screen, you saw warren bwa warren beatty, one of the pallbearers for senator mccain. it is another example of how senator mccain reached over the aisle. we hear so much dabout the hollywood elite and liberals. warren beatty is one of the pallbearers for the great republican senator, john mccain. >> you're looking at a live shot from outside the capitol. inside, house members are being asked to gather on the house floor, led by house speaker paul rye on, fir ryan, elected to congress 16 years after mccain first won his house seat. mccain had moved on to the senate b

and a lot of the friendships have been with democrats, ted kennedy, joe biden. of that sense of friendship came a belief that party was not everything, and out of that came a direct experience with crafting compromised legislation. >> let's trust each other. let's return to regular order. we've been spinning our wheels on too many important issues because we keep trying to find a way to win without help from across the aisle. that's an approach that's been employed by both sides, mandating legislation from the top down without any support from the other side with all the parliamentary maneuvers it requires. we're getting nothing done, my friends. we're getting nothing done. >> he decries the partisanship, the ideological rigidity, the refusal to work together and get something done for the people who were good enough to send members of congress to congress. >> we tried to do this by coming up with a proposal behind closed doors in consultation with the administration and springing it on skeptical members trying to convince them that it's better than nothing. tha

john kerry, ted kennedy and others. hillary clinton would travel with him to iraq and afghanistan as a member of the armed services committee. the fact he always found a way to work with democrats and with republicans whom he did not agree for the greater good of the country. that is what i think of most when i think of john mccain. >> john meacham, i had the privilege of traveling with him in 2008 on the campaign trail where the two stories that he and they call themselves the three amigos, lipndsey graham, joe lieberman and john mccain. they talked about traveling to iraq with then senator hillary clinton talking about working collaboratively. in iraq there aren't democrats and republicans, there is american senatorial delegation. the other stories that we heard that they told the most were stories about being on the phone with american allies, nato allies who faced the grave est threats from russia. they called every day, there wasn't a day on the campaign trail where they said headquarters called and said, that bett