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And healing and urging the country to come together. i mean, its exactly what we need. and, you know, he was just the classiest of guy, rick davis actually quoted directly from it in the specific letter that john mccain wanted read out loud after his passing. so we did hear some of that. senator king, i want to ask you specifically, again you didnt know him before you got to the senate. >> right. >> but then you did get to know him. and he developed an affection for you. and from what i can tell...

Bottom, not fifth. thank you very much, john. h humiliation and affection were constant companion. 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 operations over, after a mission is complete, the pilots come back and debrief. if theres a military operation, after action report. i thought to myself, ...

You know, the american legion was putting pressure on him and veterans groups are very important politically to the president. i know from talking to people who have, you know, have an affection for both men and those people do exist that they were really urging the president to cut it out and act like a president and do the basic they think he should have done, which he ended up doing at the end of the day. and its unfortunate. its a distraction. its a distraction from the things that david was...

They genuinely had a love and respect for each other and i think we saw that reflected in senator grahams comments just now on the senate floor. he, of course, tried -- he opened up i thought was interesting. he said i have been talking about this. ive been thinking about this. i have been dreading this, of course, acknowledgment that after mccain was diagnosed last summer with brain cancer this was the moment that senator graham knew some point he would have to do. he would have to take to the ...

Family. john has seven wonderful children. cindy, devoted wife. really did well by john. before anything else, i want to know -- im going to try to make this somewhat fun even though i dont feel in a funny mood right now. the bottom line lets start off with the tie. to anybody that may be watching on television, this is the naval academy tie. i wore this today, john, to honor you and to annoy you at the same time. he would tell me, lindsey, i wish you were in my naval academy class. i said thats...

>> im joined now by garrett haake on capitol hill. look, we have all known that lindsey graham and john mccain did a lot of things together. they were great friends and often the joint thorns in the side to pretty much anybody else who wasnt on their side. but that was -- that was something we dont often see from lindsey graham. >> reporter: no, thats really true, ali. i have seen more emotion like that on the senate floor in the last two days then in all the rest of the time i have been up here...

Prisoner of war as were all aware. mccain has so many -- is so beloved by his senate colleagues on both sides of the aisle, not just his senate colleagues but also staffers on both sides of the aisle. he was really a lion of the senate. even if you talk to people who had deep philosophical grave differences with many of the policy positions that mccain took, as a human being he just generated so much affection. people just really liked and respected the guy. both in the senate and around the wor...

Seems a very clear allusion to the fact trump invoked so-called bone spurs when he was trying to not have to be roped into fighting in the vietnam war. of course mccain went on to fight in vietnam and become a prisoner of war as were all aware. mccain has so many -- is so beloved by his senate colleagues on both sides of the aisle, not just his senate colleagues but also staffers on both sides of the aisle. he was really a lion of the senate. even if you talk to people who had deep philosophical...

In and he said our doctors tell me that you are not getting well. they took me into a room with two other americans. they wanted me to die there rather than in the hospital. and those two literally nursed me back to health. and the love and affection that both of those guys bestowed on me was something i will never, ever forget. but as soon as the vietnamese found out i could walk, the next day i found myself alone in the cell. i was about 2 1/2 years in solitary confinement. solitary confinemen...

Her and hope to see her soon. and i appreciate if you tell her. >> room with two other americans. they wanted me to die there rather than in the hospital. and those two literally nursed me back to health and the love and affection both of those guys gave me i will never forget. as soon as the vietnamese found i could walk, the next day i found myself in a cell. i was about two and a half years in solitary confinement. solitary confinements great strength is it makes the person feel alone.