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Console us who mourn. give us to see the gate of eterm life so in quiet confidence we may continue our course on earth until by your call we are reunited for those who have gone before. through jesus christ our lord, amen. most merciful god whose wisdom is beyond our understanding, deal graciously with john and family and friends in their grief. surround them with your love so they may not be overwhelmed by their loss, but have confidence in your goodness and strength to meet the days to come, through jesus christ our lord. amen.

Terrible conditions, john enjoyed nothing more than dressing down an admiral or general and he remained a troub troublesome plebe until the end. john confronted policies and practices he believed were unworthy of his country. to the face of those in authority, john mccain would insist, we are better than this. america is better than this. john would be the first to tell you is not a perfect man, but he dedicated his life to national ideals that are as perfect as men and women had yet conceived. he was motivated by a vision of america carried ever forward, ever upward on the strength of its pri...

>> john was above all a man with a code. he lived bye a set of public virtues that brought strength and purpose to his life and to his country. he was courageous, with a courage that frightened his captors and inspired his countrymen. he was honest, no matter whom it offended. presidents were not spared. he was honorable, always recognizing that his opponents were still patriots and human beings. he loved freedom, with the passion of a man who knew its absence. he respected the dignity inherent in every life, a dignity that does not stop at borders and cannot be erased by dictators. perhaps ab...

Meeting or turning down a popular friday night dinner invitation at the munich security conference we went to every year because it was too far to walk. we would stay in a hotel and have what he learned to call our shalom shabot dinners. they were peaceful dinners but with john not that peaceful. john naturally and doing these wonderful acts of friendship grumbled all the way. what i was putting them through, you know. right now i think he is probably deriving some pleasure from the fact that it turned out this was held on a saturday and i had to walk to get here. [laughter] i am sure if he we...