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>> i've had the good fortune to spend 60 years in service to this wondrous land. it's not been perfect service to be sure and there were probably times when the country might have benefited from a little less of my help. but i tried to deserve the privilege as best i can and i've been repaid 1,000 times over with adventures, with good company, and with the satisfaction of serving something more important than myself. of being a bit player in the extraordinary story of america. and i am so grateful to fear the world we have organized and led for 3/4 of a century, to abandon the ideals we have a...

Senator 's words spoken just three months after his tumor diagnosis last year. >> i'm the luckiest guy on earth. i have served america's cause, the cause of our security and the security of our friends, the cause of freedom and equal justice all my adult life. try to deserve the privilege as best i can and have been repaid a thousand times over with adventurers, with good company, with the satisfaction of serving something more important than myself. of being a bit player in the extraordinary story of america and i am so grateful. >> martha: john mccain. that is our story for tonight. we will ...

A bit player in the extraordinary story of america, and i am so grateful. what a privilege it is to serve this big boisterous brawling and daring and driving and beautiful and brave magnificent country. with all of our flaws, all our mistakes, with all of the frailty of human nature as much on displaytues and rancors and anger of or politics, we are blessed. >> you can hear just how much he means every word he says as he talks there about -- >> you know he does. >> he died yesterday at the age of 81. you know from an aggressive form of brain cancer he had been fighting. we just learned that he...

And five times to the senate. >> when john mccain moved here, he fit right in. he has a great independent spirit. the hell maverick thing is not just a political nickname. that's who he is. >> i'm going to try to deserve the privilege. i have been repaid a thousand times with the good company and satisfaction of serving something more important than myself. of being a bit player in the story of america and the history we made. and i am so very grateful. reporter: that is a passage from his memoir. he'll be brought here to the 8 capitol before being taken to washington, d.c. where he'll be buri...

A war hero, a longtime senator, and as he and his family face this difficult time partisan lines are falling away as his colleagues in congress send their thoughts. i want to play you more now of his speech last year when he accepted the liberty medal. >> i've had the good fortune to spend 60 years in service to this wondrous land. it's not been perfect service, to be sure. i there are times the country would have benefitted from a little less of my help, but i tried to deserve the privilege as best i can. and i've been repaid a thousand times over with adventures, good company and the satisfa...