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Thought about how we could communicate and influence candidates. >> one of the most enduring images of campaign 08 is this one of barack obama. >> that barack obama image, its here, there, everywhere it seems this year. >> when i met obama, he said, "i love this image, and how did you get it spread around so fast?" >> seeing the hope poster as a digital phenomenon was pretty amazing. it really made me realize the power of social media to democratize and proliferate. >> were trying to translate a...

President obama addressed this for the first time process. ive never heard him talk about, the end of the 08 campaign wed heard that played over and over. when a woman in minnesota standing at a mccain rally and questioning the citizenship of barack obama. and she said she is afraid of him. she said he is an arab. and senator mccain grabbed the microphone and said no, maam he is a good family man. so president obama addressed that today. and he said he was not surprised by that, because thats wh...

Palin as his running mate, that he wished he had picked joe lieberman. as we were saying earlier, theres nothing hypocritical about this funeral. he planned it. the people he wants are there. the people he didnt want werent invited. >> and thats very significant. becky, youre a former mccain chief of staff. you know this story well. >> you know, im pleased with the palin statement. i think that it shows -- i think its respectful in this time thats very complicated. i spent a lot of time with gov...

>> sean: you said it to me privately, i hope you dont mind. you said in many ways the president and ham are alike. i dont know what you meant by that. >> pretty hard edged guys. at the end of the day -- >> sean: put out a statement earlier. i guess somebody had changed the flag at half-staff but they put it back. >> john kelly, i dont know if hes listening. he called right after john passed, the president tells general kelly whatever they need to have. we will talk about what does it mean for th...

Mind. you said, in many ways then president and ham are alike. i dont know what you meant by that. >> pretty hard-edged guys. at the end of the day -- >> sean: put out a statement earlier. i guess somebody had changed the flag at half-staff but they put it back. >> john kelly, i dont know if hes listening.f- he called right after john passed, the president tells general kelly, whatever they need they have. we will talk about what does it mean for the country for john to have been in the senate. ...

Steve: he was. john mccain was a friend of this program for over 20 years. and he stopped by a lot. we put together a little montage, some of the lighter moments to remember john mccain. brian: has to be senator john mccain who just happens to be on our couch. awfully happy for angry. >> little trip down memory lane. >> the president over the last couple of days said that you, as his 08 opponent would not get the nomination today because under todays republican party you couldnt be conservative ...

Challenge mccain. one of the things that was part of his brand was taking endless questions from voters. which by its very nature is unpredictable. and being willing to do what is hard to imagine most politicians of this moment being willing to do. and that is to tell someone youre seeking their vote or support. that they are somewhere wrong or incorrect or misinformed. thats a difficult thing to do. i was struck by how that was something for all his bombast and all of his fire, he did it quietl...

Out against obama. remember that moment in 08. a movement by the way that donald trump was pushing as part of a conspiracy theory years later. you had after the war hero comments. nobody at the rnc came out and condemned donald trump. it was the first and only time that the republican establishment did that. john mccain is convalescing in arizona. he has attacked him for his health care vote. you have not heard that same thing at all from establishment republicans. people on capitol hill kpaem p...

Thank you. >> the first clip we talked about an xham pl example of bipartisanship. the second clip, we have so many fact checkers that have to come into play, soothsayers, its kind of insane times, just having to sort fact from fiction. but heres a guy who when put on the spot integrity defined his response. >> you know, we all have our favorite john mccain moments. that was my favorite. because in the middle of a heated race that he desperately wanted to win he stopped, he paused, he corrected ...

For his 08 presidential campaign. he remembers john mccain, the politician and the man, next. ♪ youre headed down the highway