delegations meeting with people, leaders around the world. he commands that kind of respect. and thinking through the elected officials that we have now, there's really nobody else like that, but i think the president has had a long distaste for john mccain for whatever reason, in 1999 in an interview i think with dan rather on "60 minutes" brought up that the idea that he was captured. so this is something that's been going on for decades. right? so it's not a new thing. >> and i'm glad you make that point because the "washington post" is reporting tonight that president trump squashed plans for a white house statement praising the life and heroism of senator john mccain. current and former white house aides tell the "post" that the statement was drafted before mccain's death and it was ready for the president to sign off on it. but upon review, the president reportedly decided he would rather post a brief tweet instead. that read, "my deepest sympathies and respect go out to the family of senator john