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He was. i was sitting two rows back from him on a charter flight when our plane was hit by lightning in a thunderstorm. we seem to be falling out of the sky, people on board screamed in panic. mccain and i watch this, yawned and went back to sleep. months later i walked through a wall or prison with him in hanoi where he had spent years in solitary confinement being tortured with ropes. that was the happiest time of my life, he said, under his breath. it was clear that he meant it. theyre not a ...

So ducey is going to have a difficult decision. >> what are you hearing, david? >> my sources tell me the governor is less interested in choosing a caretaker. hed like to choose someone who will run for election in 2020 and then run for re-election in 2022, which is when mccains term actually ends. the governor wants this person to be somebody who can actually satisfy the trump base, the republican base, while still doing well with a general election electorate, which could be very competitive i...

>> and i could not help but think how they were responding when megan mccain was giving her very strong worded eulogy for her father, lindsey graham who is one of john mccains best friends in the world said this on sunday about that moment. >> she is her fathers daughter. if you say something bad about her dad you will know it whether you are the president, the janitor, i think most americans understand that. >> what did you think of her words? >> i will tell you what, if i were her, i can under...

People gathered where the public memorial was held saturday at washingtons national cathedral. former presidents george w. bush and barack obama calling for civility. >> to the tface of those in thord, john mccain would insist that were better than this. america is better than this. >> so much of our politics, our public life and public discourse can seem small, mean, and petty. john called on us to be bigger than that. he called on us to be better than that. >> megan mccain honoring her father ...

At her eulogy i said mollie was nobodys victim nor is she is a pawn in others debate. she may not be able to speak for herself, but i can and will. please leave us out of your diabetes debate. allow us to grieve in privacy and dignity. at long last, show some decency. on behalf of my family and mollies memory, im imploring you to stop. jeff, the white house and those associated with the white house have not ceased to make this connection. there was a des moines register op-ed, donald trump jr. w...

Attention and have high expectations. its a lot of pressure from a lot of different directions he has to balance here. >> eric, while the family then, youre saying is being consulted, what about any considerations being made by john mccains wife cindy or even particularly post that eulogy from daughter meghan mccain yesterday, dont know if shes still a resident of arizona or if it would matter in this case, whether keeping it in the family is at all a possibility? >> it seems like a remote possi...

Who this year is retiring rather than running for re-election in part because hes broken from president trump so often. arizona republicans are demanding someone to be much more loyal to the president and thats a departure from the mccain family and a lot of mccains political circle including people like grant woods, the former mccain chief of staff who delivered a really moving eulogy as well. thats -- its tough to see the governor pleasing arizona republicans by picking someone -- >> thats the...

The presidency and congress. and it was fair for both of these former presidents to say something because that was how you commemorate what senator mccain stood for. so i think there was -- those were the appropriate comments and the way in which they package them represented what presidents can do in moments of grief. it was about remembering him and about remembering what is valuable and great of our institutions. >> lets listen to a portion of the eulogy from president obama. >> so much of ou...

That. it is counttory what were used to hearing from our leaders. this is a reminder of those more traditional values. >> and when senator mccain asked the people to speak at his eulogy, he planned every minute of this and set the tone for that in his own message and in meghan mccains message. i am told the president and others speaking were also told not to hold back. this was the theme, this is what he wanted them to share. and, youre right, it was a message that was heard in a different time,...

Her dad, you will know it, whether hes the janitor or the president of the united states. she is grieving for the father she adored. i think most of americans understand that and im proud of the young lady she has become. mike: does it end there? >> i recommend people watch the entirety of the eulogy in were touching moments that had nothing to do with politics. this was a beautiful speech, a beautiful tribute. she did obviously decide to take that one shot at president trump and thats something...