twitter, we have the much with a. for senator mccain, i know is always concerned with where would american foreign policy go, where would democracy go. sir, if you are listening up above, we have the watch. dana: indeed. karl, let me ask you about arizona, this is the arizona funeral was today. the body is now going to be flown to the nation s capitol in washington, d.c. tell me about arizona. that was his adopted state. he served it over a time of great change, great demographic change over the decades in arizona. remained the favorite son of that state. yes, which is interesting. when he moved tr he retired from the navy as a captain after 13 years, in 1981. he moved to arizona. and he ran for congress the followinger yao. following year. he was attacked as a carpet bagger.
he succeeded john rhodes, easily re-elected in 1994. when barry goldwater decided to give up his senate seat in 1985, it was 1995, it was almost the assumption that the man who stepped into the great shoes was the young congressman, john s. mccain iii. he was elected, re-elected, not without controversy. mccain could be, if he was with you on an issue, there was no better ally. but he could snultly be irritating the heck out of you, he was opposing you another issue. this maverick attitude endured him to a lot of people who didn t identify with the political party. dana: karl, can i stop you there, let me stop you there, vice president biden actually talked about mccain s ability to not attack motives, but to have good civil discourse on times when you disagree with somebody. yes. dana: i think we have that sound if somebody can play that
of the house, the senate majority leader, then the democratic leadership as well. we do expect there to be some special recognition given to the staffers inside senator mccain s office who are having a tough time this week as well. and similar to what they did in arizona, we re told that senator mccain will lie in state until 8:00 p.m. until there s still a line and they will let anybody in the line come in tomorrow. dana: peter doocy, thank you for that update. ed gillespie, former rnc chairman, ed there you are. so glad to be able to have you on the show. the life of senator john mccain, all that you saw as the republican party has changed over the decades, he was a real constant up until last saturday. well, i d say this, dana, watching the coverage of the service there and the jot pouring of love and outpouring of love and affection for senator mccain. he honored our country with his
themselves mourning this deep pain and sorrow, will you comfort them, god. will you give them the strengths they need to walk every single day. and, god, as we mourn, as your scripture says, we mourn differently with those who have hope. senator john mccain believed that you sent your only son to walk this earth and live a sinless life, to die on the cross for our since, for the things that we deserved. we believe that jesus christ was put in the tomb and rose again, and he defeated death. that is the reason to celebrate and that is a reason for us to have comfort. in jesus name we pray, amen. amen. i want to thank you all, again, on behalf of the mccain family for being here and supporting them. at this moment we ll ask you to stay seated until the family, the entire family has exited the building.
lageness is in phoenix. william, hi. william, we ll turn it over to you in phoenix. i can t hear you. but john mccain did lead a unique and remarkable american life. jen i m hearing you. what i was going to say, he led this remarkable life, it was unique and consider reflected in the individuals speaking today. the pallbearers that he chose. those ushers. the diversity and the unique and long journey that he had here. with joe biden being a democrat, also, tommy espinosa, democrat. larry fitzgerald. coming from different walks of life. what i going to happen next,