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Soul searching. >> reporter: senator mccain took the high road. >> i think he mayo an apology to the families of those who have sacrificed in conflict and those who have undergone the prison experience in serving their country. >> he lost. >> reporter: most republicans piled on trump and rallied to mccains defense. >> this is a legitimate hero that has served his country in lots of ways. and mr. trump knows that. he should just apologize. >> its not just absurd its offensive and ridiculous and i...

Apology? >> i dont think. so i think he may owe an apology to the families of those who have sacrificed in conflict and those who have undergone the prison experience in serving their country. im in the arena as t.r. used to say, but in the case of manufacturemany of our veterans, when mr. trump said he prefers to be with people who are not captured well, the great honor of my life was to serve in the company of heroes. im not a hero. but those who were my senior ranking officers people that got...

Losers. hes not a war hero. >> hes a war hero. >> hes a war hero because he was captured. i like people that werent captured. hes a war hero because he was captured. and i believe perhaps hes a war hero, but right now he said bad things about a lot of people. >> senator mccain tried to avoid engage. ing trump or escalateing this it during an appearance today on "morning joe." >> does donald trump owe you an apology? >> i dont think so, but i think e he mayo an apology to the families of those wh...

A war hero and i believe perhaps hes a war hero. >> this morning, senator mccain responded for the first time. >> does don trump owe you an apology? >> no i dont think so but i think he may owe an apology to the families of those who have sacrifice in conflict and those who have undergone the prison experience in searchrving their country. as lieutenant john pevitlav tee shot down, he was a prisoner and was 90 pounds when patents liberated the prison camp he was in those are the people that

>> thats an inflammatory statement for somebody trying to be the commander in chief of the united states military. >> you think its disqualifying? >> nothing in politics is disqualifying. >> even this? >> even this. i hope that his personality is shown through, that his -- whether it was an off-handed comment or not then there needs to be serious soul searching as to whether hes a viable candidate. >> i think he may owe an apology to the families of those who have sacrificed in conflict and thos...

Asked whether he believes trump owes him an apology. >> no i dont think so but i think he may owe an apology to the families of those who have sacrificed in conflict and those who have undergone the prison experience in serving their country. when mr. trump said he prefers to be with people who were not captured well the great honor of my life was to serve in the company of heroes. im not a hero but those who were my senior ranking officers people like colonel bud day, congressional medal of hon...

I consider them a war hero other than bergdahl. he was a prisoner. i dont consider him a war hero. but if someone is a prisoner i would consider that person a war hero. but we have a lot of war heros that werent prisoners also and we should give them credit too. >> he wrote today the media is distorting his words. earlier today mccain spoke about trumps comments. >> does donald trump owe you an apology? >> no i dont think so. but i think he mayo an apology to the families of those who have sacri...

Who have sacrificed in conflict and the -- and those who have undergone the prison experience in serving their country. mr. trump said he preferred to be with people who are not captured. well, the great honor of my life was to serve in the company of heroes. im not a hero. those are my senior ranking officers, people like colonel bud day, congressional medal of honor winner to says are inspired us to do things we wouldnt have been capable of doing. those are the people i think he owes an apolog...

Claiming the comments were misconstrued in a "usa op-today" op-ed. >> hes done a terrible jot for the vets. >> mccain himself took the high road. >> does donald trump owe you an apology? >> i dont think so but he may owe an apology to the family of those who have sacrificed in conflict and those who have undergone the prison experience in serving their country. >> but trumps republican opponent strictly denounced the comments. >> this is a legitimate hero who has served his country in lots of wa...

Has done nothing about it but talk. >> mccain appearing to take had high road saying he is willing to put this behind him. >> does donald trump owe you an apology? >> i dont think so. but he may owe an apology to the families of those who have sacrificed in conflict and those who have undergone the prison experience in serving their country. >> pj-jay this is getting a lot of attention and it should. senator mccain is a war hero whether you agree with him or not. >> donald trump is a friend of m...