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Like many of us here in arizona, john mccain was from somewhere else. but his spirit, service and fierce independence ultimately helped shape the state with which he became synonymous. almost exactly 20 years ago, john mccain delivered the eulogy at barry goldwaters funeral. that other great legendary arizonan who america holds dear in its heart. where barry goldwater was born in arizona, john mccain was arizonas favorite adopted son. nearly 45 years old when he moved to arizona. this is the fir...

From arizona who indeed was a close friend of mccains. but other lessons were going to see going on in the coming days are going to be very specific in terms of who he chose to give readings. who he chose to give eulogies. even his pallbearers. theres going to be a tappestry if you will, of american political leaders from all stripes. of course, it was only nine years ago, in fact, this week, where senator mccain himself was giving a eulogy for ted kennedy who died of the same type of brain canc...

I felt the cokumbaya in the beginning. ben and angela, thank you so much. truly. coming up next, they were political rivals, but that didnt stop the late senator john mccain from picking up the phone and asking pretty big question of the former president barack obama. would he deliver a eulogy at his funeral? we have the story behind the story of that phone call, next. hey allergy muddlers. are you one sneeze away from being voted out of the carpool? try zyrtec®. its starts working hard at ho...

But you in april, he said will he deliver a eulogy for me. shortly after, he made the phone call to george w. bush. of course two rivals, the two men who stopped mccain from winning the presidency. but all part of the lesson and message mccain is trying to send out. and so i talked to steve dupre, and he explained it like this. he said i think john mccain is imparting a lesson in civility by asking the two men who defeated him to speak as an example to america that differences in political views...

Obama for instance specifically there was occasional tension. >> a lot of tension. there were generational differences. when president obama -- senator obama arrived in the senate in 2005, boy, they fought over a lot of things. senator mccain did not necessarily respect the idea of him running for office, thae thoug that he thought he was ready to be president. and i have lowas looking at old. take a look at what he said about senator obama. he said i dont seek the presidency on the presumption ...

John mccain was from somewhere else, but his spirit, service and fierce independence ultimately helped shape the state with which he became synonymous. almost exactly 20 years ago, john mccain delivered the eulogy at barry goldwaters funeral, that other great legendary arizonan, who america holds dear in his heart. where barry goldwater was born in arizona, john mccain was arizonas favorite adopted son. nearly 45 years old when he moved to arizona, this is the first place, he said, where he trul...

His body will be laid in repost. again, this was the scene just a few moments ago and you saw cindy mccain there behind the casket and her two sons as well. eugene robinson is with me. i want to pick up something that andrea mentioned and we heard from a number of folks over the past few days, president obama and president george w. bush giving the eulogy at the national cathedral. we know that john mccain and his wife, dcindy, and instrumental and orchestrating a lot of this and planning out th...

It is with such solemn, honorable and respect that we honor this statesman whos going to be commemorated in the coming days as a fo former presidents. president obama and president clinton will be giving their eulo eulogy. >> craig. >> it was a fitting and touching tribute indeed there in the state capitol in phoenix, arizona, senator john mccain just in the last 40 years, only two other individuals have laid.

>> like many of us here in arizona, john mccain was from some where else. his spirit, service and fierce and independence ultimately helped save the state which became -- john mccain delivered the eulogy at barry goldwaters funeral. he was born in arizona, john mccain was arizonas favorite, adopted son. nearly 45 years old when he moved to arizona, this is the first place he said where he truly found a connection. arizona has enchanted and claimed me, he wrote. i love it so much and i am so grat...

Being able to hear all of the wonderful things. i thought hillary clinton has been articulate about her friendship an her travels, how much the men and women of her armed forces loved meeting senator mccain, how many companies he has globe trotted to. so it is very fitting that these two presidents were chosen to do the eulogy. jimmy carter was a similar situation where they had run a situation. ford wanted carter to be a eulogist. >> i want today find a new book. it is the truth about michael p...