. >> for more, let's bring in california congressman tom mcclintock. thank you for being with us today. >> everybody seems to have a story, their own story about senator john mccain. what is yours? >> i'll remember him most fondly. he was added best as a fierce deficit hawk. he passionately believed in our nation's defense, but he also understood that you cannot provide for the common defense of the campaign for it in the countryside to encrypt themselves aren't around very long. he took strong stands, for example, he was a big supporter of the brack process, the process to consolidate in the military bases because he wouldn't waste any division of the government. he devoted much of his career to promoting. >> a lighter take on president transfers onto senator mccain's passing. he's been a longtime critic of president trump and president trump in response put out a statement on twitter in which he sent out his deepest sympathies in respect to the family of senator mccain. he said nothing about the man himself. is that enough? >> the bitter rivalry betw