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>> human beings do. decent human beings do. these people are beneath that. >> there is a political discourse in this country on both sides of the aisle where the vitreal is just over the top. its not just donald trump. >> thats a false equivalency, jim. thats not right. >> you sit here today and say that all the democrats are -- none of them conduct themselves in any inappropriate fashion as it comes to -- >> i did not say that. i said this president -- he is beneath any standards of our lifetim...

Far outweighed its longevity. >> i thought you take toobin comment, you know, what the vice president said was okay and run with it. toobin threw you a bone there and you left it sitting. >> you know, i generally agree with what he -- that the vice president has a right to say what he wants to say. >> right. >> but i just think it feels a lot longer than a year. it feels like ten years for the people. >> thats because were all getting older. jeff, the other interesting thing of this is the poll ...

Avoid service. john mccain took steps to serve. this is, i just disagree, this is emblematic of your times, this is emblematic of the era of trump. the challenge is not to sinks to his level. i really admire the mccain family, for example, conducting tells with such grace. >> new bit of reporting in -- a source close to the situation says kelly sadler called meghan mccann to apologize for the crass remark. its unclear what meghan mccains response was, but were told that sadler apologized to her....

Except for one vote. you remember that beautiful night. it was -- it was defeated, but one vote changed. >> joining me now to discuss, paul begala and jim schultz. paul, politics is politics, but it doesnt matter, hes dying anyway. when john mccain, as everyone knows, is in arizona right now at home battling brain cancer. where is the line between, you know, politics and human decency? >> well, there is no decency in a comment like that, obviously. its one thing to argue over whether gina haspel...

Dying anyway. of course a comment like that quickly spread across washington, given the respect that senator mccain has. so then it essentially blew up from there. the white house apologized and said we respect his service, but, john, just a few moments ago we heard from cindy mccain, senator mccains wife, of course, who sent out this message on twitter. lets take a look. shes addressing it directly at the white house staffer there. she said, may i remind you, my husband has a family, seven chil...

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There is no evidence at all to support the claim that mccain helped the enemy in vietnam. on the contrary, as most of us know, hes an american hero. >> i encourage people to check out politifact and note that john mccain never gave anything of value to the north vietnamese. has fox commented about this? >> sort of. anchor charles pane said he didnt hear the comment this morning because a producer was talking in his ear. whether you believe that or not, here is the rest of what payne said. >> i, ...

The family. it was an insensitive comment for somebody dying of cancer and somebody who served our country well. somebody, you know, if he does, in fact, die of cancer will be sorely missed by many. there is no question she should apologize. the white house, im sure, will be critical of her remarks. >> well, no, they cant apologize because mr. trump wont apologize. thats the problem. if you fire this woman, which any decent white house would. if she publicly apologizes, which she must, cut puts ...