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Gathered today at the national cathedral in washington for mccains funeral, there was this moment. ♪ i love him so >> during the performance of one of mccains favorite songs "danny boy" when his wife tearfully leaned on her sons jacks shoulder. this is a reminder of a wifes personal loss. we are walked through todays service which were some was as much a call to arms as it was a eulogy. >> no doubt this was a solemn tribute for john mccain. a man who especially here in washington has become a ...

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Way she made them. the other parts of the eulogy that wont be quoted as much in which she talked about john mccain as a father and john mccain as a husband. and the love he felt for his family. it reminds us that the mccain family is having to grieve in public. theyre also going through really private and difficult loss that transcends the political moment. her eulogy was as moving in those parts as it was in the parts that will be quoted. >> everyone knew, jamie, who she was talking about durin...

And so what was going through my mind was probably her memories of standing with hill, listening to that song. and it was just something that -- it always will get people but particularly at that moment, particularly with this man, wolf. >> yes, and dan, i want you and i want everywaone to listen. im going to play that excerpt from meghan mccains eulogy of her dad when she referenced the current politics of washington. >> we gather here to mourn the passing of american greatness. the real thing,...

Differences between john mccain and barack obama that really got under manying canes skin, when barack obama was tying mccain to bush that got under his skin even more, i was wondering, had senator mccain and president obama become close? had they developed a friendship? have the reality is they havent, they talked a couple times since leaving office. obama called him for saving the affordable care act and the last time he heard from him was in april when he asked him to do that eulogy, i think ...

>> let me ask you something, and if its too intimate, ill move on. what was that conversation like when your friend of so many decades turned to you and ask you to be a pallbearer at his funeral? >> it sounds odd, but very matter of fact. its just, i want you to be a pallbearer, and then he asked me to do a reading at the annapolis service, too, and i said, of course, of course. all right, thanks, pal. just -- >> thanks, pal. >> and you know, i was there when he called some of the people who are...

Showed her strength. and i believe truly that john mccain was a man of greatness and people are able to draw from so many different avenues and opportunities from him to be able to share with the world, so the world would really know the man of the greatness that he was, his faith in god, his humility, his ining at ttegrityt of all his service to the country. rest in peace, my friend. >> gloria borger, you watched as all of us did, your thoughts? >> first of all, i want to say, i agree with ever...

>> they said hillary clinton, they will be there at the national -- >> he will be chosen for a eulogy, i think it makes sense he picked bush and obama, both their reputations are sky high with integrity factor. >> the fact that senator mccain was a very, very committed conservative and but what he believed was that even if you disagree on many, many things, there are also things you might agree on and you ought to be able to work on those things together even if you disagree on many other things...

There were funny jokes, and even telling a couple that senator mccain used to tell all the time. there were moments in the speeches from president bush and president obama-- president bush saying that john mccain remained a troublesome plebe, and they were not exempt. president obama saying what a perfect, a better way to get the last laugh than to make george and i say all of these nice things about him to a national audience. but, really, the moment that i think will be remembered most from th...

To the most poignant and memorable ones were from his daughter earlier today. listen to one and then get your thoughts. >> america does not boast because she has no need to. the america of john mccain has no need to me made great again the cousin america was always great. >>leland: thoughts question mark. ? >> theres a lot of conversation happening about the daughter of john mccain and this eulogy. if you want me to somehow slam a morning daughter, im not doing that. my hope for her is, is that ...