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Times over with edadventures, wh good company and the satisfaction of serving something more are important than myself, of being a bit player in the extraordinary story of america. and i am so grateful. >> the senator has been at his home in arizona all year long, weighing in on the turbulent events from afar instead of the way that he normally would, jumping in on the front lines, being front and center in the most important and biggest issues of his time. but he has finally had to face his own...

Company, with the satisfaction of serving something more important of myself. of being a bit player in the extraordinary story of america and i am so grateful. >> that, of course, senator john mccain. he is known for his tireless service to and his sacrifice for his country. news that he is discontinuing cancer treatment is met with sadness. the 81-year-old senator has been battling brain cancer for more than a year now. as the senator writes in his memoir of his life, it has been quote quite a ...

Repaid 1,000 times over with adventures, with good company, with the satisfaction of serving something more important than myself, of being a bit player in the extraordinary story of america, and i am so grateful. >> reporter: now, the senator has been at his home in arizona all year long, weighing in on the turbulent events from afar, instead of the way he normally would, jumping in on the front lines, being front and center in the most important and biggest issues of his time. but hes finally ...

Leadership, about americas place in the world and about his place in the world and one of the final big speeches that mccain gave was in october of last year. he was in philadelphia getting an award and heres what he said. >> its not been perfect service, to be sure, and there are probably times when the country might have benefited a little less of my help. but i have tried to deserve the privilege as best i can and ive been repaid 1,000 times over with adventures, good company, with the satisf...

His knowledge. he was a bit player. >> probably scared. >> probably scared. he was young. he was 30 years old at the time. probably went in there without a lawyer. its never a good idea to lie to the fbi. but papadopoulos is an interesting character. i spend a subchapter in the book about him. it was never the papadopoulos and bartok that triggered the trump-russia collusion hoax. >> sean: it says on page what? >> i will give you the page. it was a rumor that he heard that he passed along. >> se...

He was a bit player. >> sean: probably scared. >> probably scared. >> sean: he was young. >> he was 30 years old at the time. probably went in there without a lawyer. its never a good idea to lie to the fbi. but papadopoulos is an interesting character. i spend a subchapter in the book about him. it was never the papadopoulos bar talk that triggered the trump-russia collusion hoax. >> sean: it says on page what? >> i will give you the page. it was a rumor that he heard that he passed along. >> s...

I also think though that roger stone, frank used an apt phrase tripped into. roger stone has made a long career out of sort of exaggerating this role and his significance in some of these episodes of dark arts and dirty tricks all the way back from watergate where he was the tiniest bit player in the nixon operation but has managed to make a whole career out of this sort of personification of himself as a dirty trickster. i think this ends up being a little bit of careful what you wish for. its ...

Ken, given what you know and talk about what stone has called his 40-year friendship with donald trump and the kind of damage a guy like that can do. >> yes, i also think that roger stone, frank used the phrase, "trip into," roger stone has made a long career of sort of exaggerating this role and his significance in some of these episodes of dark arts and dirty tricks. all the way back from watergate, where he was just the tiniest bit player in the nixon operation but has managed to make a whole...

Being treated worse than al capone. >> shea bit player in the campaign with this, nothing to do with russia, but cant stop watching coverage of the manafort trial. i compare to al capone and say he has been treated unfairly. the president has been a little inconsistent when talking about manafort. we know hes completely consumed by the coverage of this trial. i cant think of another explanation other than paul manafort is waiting for a pardon because imagine the maximum pressure thats on him rig...

Bit player to it. so that could be "bush v. gore" questions over interrogation and detention and these will show up in his record so it behooves the democrats to take a close look at his record. >> as a lawyer i cant help but observe you didnt answer the question. is this attack that he is a rank partisan republican the right place to start. >> it is a place to start. >> vince, i know there are many questions but is this the right place to start? >> i think it is. when donald trump says that hes...