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We have such a petty man in the white house and we have in his passing john mccain just standing over him like a giant. the life and legacy of senator mccain certainly stands tall. keeping in mind, and putting in to context, this is a man who comes from a family, a deep military rooted family. >> absolutely. he comes from a deep rooted military family. he served the military. he was a war hero, even though he was captured, he was brave and stalwart in captivity and he was always a very strong ...

After. for many people around the world, people remember him for his run for u.s. president, maybe people in the state of arizona know him for the positions that he took standing up for that state of. i pose for you. what do you think would be the thing that stands out in your mind, remembering this senator? >> i think his overcoming adversity. i mean, the way he was treated in captivity, the torture that he believes broke him, but it made him the man he became. he was able to overcome that, a...

But in the end john mccain fought an aggressive form of brain cancer. mccain died at the age of 81 years old. lets take a moment now to rememberment of the high points of his life. john mccain was a navy bomber pilot in the vietnam war. he escaped death in a massive fire aboard an aircraft carry carrier and was shot down in his skyhawk jet over north vietnam. mccain parachuted into a lake near lake hanoi, breaking both arms and a leg, and was captured by communist soldiers and in captivity john ...

Of you and senator mccain, if we can look at it and get a sense of, of two people who staunchly understand what it means to be a military official. standing side-by-side together. and thats what leads me to the other question when we look back at that point where you say, no one wants to be caught of course, but if you find yourself in had that position, where you are captured, we know that he refused early release. we know that he stayed for an extended time, more years of punishing captivity. ...

The everyday struggles of the middle class. all tributes are flooding in for a u.s. senator john mccain who died overnight at the ha. everyone. battling an aggressive form of brain cancer since july of last year and on friday his family had announced hed discontinued any further treatment after a long military and political career and passed away at his ranch in arizona the flag flies half staff over the white house for a man who dreamt of occupying the nations highest office. born into a family...

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Trying to remind people of their better angles and he would let his dander get up. i remember years ago in the mid- 19 90s he was on a show on pbs and they were talking about the vietnam war in his captivity and there was an administration official from the johnson era who was there and he said id still be held there if you were still in charge. he was not afraid to get people a piece of his mind there. john: well, well, he had quite a reputation on capitol hill. at henry telling us he had quite...

2022. john: im reading something that john mccain gave to news in a world of four in 1973 after he returned of his captivity and after the vietnam war was over. it was his first person account and talked about how the seeds of his political career may have implanted while he was in the hanoi hilton. it says that most important thing for survival is medication with someone. its vital to keep your mind occupied and some guys were interested in mathematics so they worked out complex formulas in the...

Methods he believed were torture. he had bent subject of being tortured during his years captivity. nobody can take away from him the courage that he had when he was given a chance to get out of captivity early because of the status of his far it and grandfather as admirals, he refused. he said no im not going to go unless everybody gets to go. how many people would do that. a lot of people would have said ill do everything i can to get you out, but im going to check out of here. but he didnt. h...

Election to fill the unexpired portion, final two years in 2022. john: im reading something that john mccain gave to news in a world of four in 1973 after he returned of his captivity and after the vietnam war was over. it was his first person account and talked about how the seeds of his political career may have implanted while he was in the hanoi hilton. it says that most important thing for survival is medication with someone. its vital to keep your mind occupied and some guys were intereste...