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I said, let me put it another way, john. everybody knows youre abnormal. so were counting on your abnormalcy. >> im sure he appreciated that. >> he did, he did. >> he has called me three times this morning. no more woe is me, lindsey. he is yelling at me and to buck up. so im going to buck up. >> mccain paraphrased his hero teddy roosevelts approach to mortality. >> theres two ways of looking at these things. and one of them is to celebrate. i am able to celebrate a wonderful life. and i will be...

Honor in that many politicians. so, yes, he was both of those john mccains. he was the john mccain who aspired to perfection and hes the john mccain who sometimes fell short. >> mike murphy, pick up on that point. you are somebody who worked with mccain in 2000 on that sort of improbable run that he made against george w. bush when he really earned for all of the country that nickname of maverick. >> yeah, well, he -- he was a rascal. he was driven by honor. his entire focus was serving with hon...

So, again, you dont see that sort of kind of internal, you know, an internal code of honor in that many politicians. so, yes, he was both -- he was both of those john mccains. he was the john mccain who aspired perfection and hes the john mccain who sometimes fell short. >> mike murphy, pick up on that point. youre somebody who worked with mccain in 2000 on that sort of improbable run that he made against george w. bush when h he really earned for all of the country that nickname of maverick. >>...

Mccain in 2000 on that sort of improbable run that he made against george w. bush when h he really earned for all of the country that nickname of maverick. >> yeah. well, he -- he was a rascal. he -- he was driven by honor. his entire focus was serving with honor. but he was also human and he knew his flaws and he was very hard on himself. because he was a -- you know, a flawed person like all of us. so, and he was in the political world where you spend half your time trying to navigate mindfiel...

A bit player in the extraordinary story of america, and i am so grateful. what a privilege it is to serve this big boisterous brawling and daring and driving and beautiful and brave magnificent country. with all of our flaws, all our mistakes, with all of the frailty of human nature as much on displaytues and rancors and anger of or politics, we are blessed. >> you can hear just how much he means every word he says as he talks there about -- >> you know he does. >> he died yesterday at the age o...

Country and i hope we could add honorably. >> and i think we can add honorably. my panel is with me now. bill, let me start with you. its such quintessential john mccain you ask him how do you want to be remembered and his first sentence is something nice and next three sentences are acknowledging his flaws. there just nrnt a lot of applications like that. >> there was a genuine humility with john that went with the pride and he accomplished and huge loyalty to the country obviously. we were jok...

>> and i think we can add honorably. my panel is with me now. bill, let me start with you. its such quintessential john mccain you ask him how do you want to be remembered and his first sentence is something nice and next three sentences are acknowledging his flaws. there just arent a lot of politicians like that. >> there was a genuine humility with john that went with the pride and he accomplished and huge loyalty to the country obviously. we were joking about this earlier, that wonderful clip...

Youre not average. i said, put another way, everyone knows youre abnormal. >> im sure he appreciated that. >> he did, he did. >> he called me three times this morning. no more woe is me, lindsey. he is yelling at me to buck up, im going to buck up. >> mccain paraphrased his hero teddy roosevelts approach to mortality. >> theres two ways of looking at these things. and one of them is to celebrate. i am able to celebrate a wonderful life. and i will be grateful for additional time that i have. >> ...

Bountiful, brave, magnificent country. with all our flaws, all the mistakes, all the frailties of human nature as much on and an as our virtues, we are blessed. >> can he be curmudgeonly? can he be tough? he can be all of that. but he was first a warrior, raised in a family that has defended our country for generations. and he is a patriot, regardless of party, he is a patriot. and i am honored that hes also my friend. >> he is loyal to his friends. he loves his country. and if he has to stand u...

Speeches with where -- one of ht speeches where he looks back at the public service. >> i have been able to be in service to the land. its not been perfect service. to be sure. there had may be times when the country may have benefitted with less of my help. but ive tried to deserve the privilege as best i can. and i have been repaid a thousand times over with adventures and good company and the satisfaction of serving something more important than myself. of being a big player in the extraordin...