and that, i think, above all else, was the message that john mccain wanted to impart, which is that we can disagree vigorously and still respect each other as americans, as people who care deeply about this country, that we don t have to impeach each other no play on words intended as human beings, as patriots, simply because we have different points of view, and of course he was famous for having titanic battles on the senate floor and elsewhere where people and still making, you know, having warm friendships with them. ted kennedy, for example, was a close friend with whom he worked on some issues and fought on many other issues. but never ceased to respect and the same and that was a mutual regard, and i think that s what senator mccain was really trying to communicate
disability and of course dan on the other side and we were all good friends, all three of us. and of course that was another member who we ve lost who was also able to be lain in state prior to john mccain and having that honor yesterday. you referenced the tributes we heard from two presidents who happened to be the two people who kept john mccain himself from the presidency. how significant was that? well, i don t know. john ran four years after i run ran and lost, and then he ran again in 2008, but that was all a race today about any competition. when we spoke last weekend, it was right after john mccain s death, and now we ve had this whole week of mourning, of
and manufactured outrage. it s a politics that pretends to be brave and tough, but in fact, it s born of fear. john called on us to be bigger than that. he called on us to be better than that. david, obviously,you know obama well. those words carefully chosen, i assume. without question. and i think the other thing that he said in addition to those remarks, which were clearly a pointed reference to the way our politics are operating now, the way, perhaps, this president operates, is that he talked about his relationship with john mccain and the fact that they had deep disagreements, but they never questioned each other s motives or failed to understand that at the end of the day, they were on the same team, that, you know, team america, as it were.
and it s fascinating to see how the vietnamese responded to the news. on a raining morning in the vietnamese capital it s hard to imagine anything disturbing the certainty of this lake. but this is where lieutenant john mccain splashed down terribly wounded after a surface to air missile hit his plane during a bombing run in 1967. the vietnamese erected a monument to celebrate his capture. look how people ponded to the passing. they took this trophy celebrating the day he was shot down and turned it into a make shift shrine with flowers honors a former enemy who became this country s friend. the day this man saw mccain he says he wanted to kill him. i wanted to stab him with the knife but people nearby shouted stop. i thought this was an invader who was trying to destroy our city. 51 years after he helped capture mcmahon he laments the
death of the former u.s. pilot i m sad because i never got to meet him he tells me. mccain came back to vietnam and did good things here. after his capture, mccain was brought here to this prison. better known by the nickname hanoi hilton. it s a museum now. but during the war mccain spent much of his five and a half year experience as a prisoner within these walls. enduring torture. one guard held me while the others pounded away. most blows were directed at my shoulders, chest and stomach. occasionally when i had fall ton the floor they kicked me in the head. they cracked several years and broke a couple of teeth. the former warden of the prison first met mccain in 1967. you have o he was a tough and strong man, loyal to his