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Country. if you listen to mckerr, republican lawmakers also trying to distance the president from it, at least publicly. take a listen. >> i saw a clip. the president didn't join in. if you claim the president having a battle over a socialist issue and socialist democrats, that's one he's taking up even in the state of the union. he promised this country will never have socialism here. >> reporter: while some of the public statements have try to do distance the president from this entire exchange. i'm told behind the scene several republican lawmakers made it clear to the white house in phone ...

Between the personal and the institutional. so he has -- there is this weird sort of quality about how he runs this government. you saw mattis there as the only person who really didn't join in that and made clear this is about something broader, this is about country, we are in shared sacrifice. this meeting is a distillation of the problems you see this president inflict upon himself repeatedly. >> look, i want to thank the president for the opportunity to discuss a very important issue with you, chris cillizza, which is this notion that balance means you must be nice, and you can criticize....

Then fine, you get out in front of that. but given the fact that you have major actors from manafort to flynn around the candidate and now the president, who have ties to russia, that's even more reason to get in front of that. >> there's a big problem they have there, where you might be able to empathize with the team. think about who is in that white house. none of them, when this may have occur re ered is between februad august. >> yeah. >> okay? steve bannon didn't join until after february. kellyanne conway didn't join until after february. sean spicer didn't join until after -- so, molly...

Candidate for president. >> reporter: senator mccain himself took the high road. >> i think he may owe an apology to the families and of those who sacrificed in conflict and those who have undergone the prison experience in serving their country. >> he lost. he let us down. >> reporter: most republicans piled on trump and rallied to mccain's defense. >> this is a legitimate hero that has served his country in lots of ways and mr. trump knows that. he should just apologize. >> it's not just absurd, it's offensive and ridiculous and i do think it is a disqualifier as commander in chief. >> repor...

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 mccain's defense. >> this is a legitimate hero that has served his country in lots of ways. and mr. trump knows that. he should just apologize. >> it's not just absurd it's offensive and ridiculous and ieky0w do think it's a disqualifier as commander-in-chief. >> reporter: but one candidate didn't j...