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But you in april, he said will he deliver a eulogy for me. shortly after, he made the phone call to george w. bush. of course two rivals, the two men who stopped mccain from winning the presidency. but all part of the lesson and message mccain is trying to send out. and so i talked to steve dupre, and he explained it like this. he said i think john mccain is imparting a lesson in civility by asking the two men who defeated him to speak as an example to america that differences in political views an contests shouldn't be so important. he goes on to say that we lose our common bounds in the civi...

Senator begin. >> see our tears for our brother, our father, our husband, our fellow citizen, our senator. rusht t >> reporter: the tireless senator lying in state at arizona state capitol on what would have been his 82nd birthday. mccain meticulously planned his own funeral services designed to send a message of bipartisanship even after his death. in an attempt to put petty part is an ship aside, mccain asked his two former presidential rivals to eulogize him at his funeral. >> john said that night that he healed the nation at a time that he was hurt. >> reporter: barack obama and george w. ...

Obama for instance specifically there was occasional tension. >> a lot of tension. there were generational differences. when president obama -- senator obama arrived in the senate in 2005, boy, they fought over a lot of things. senator mccain did not necessarily respect the idea of him running for office, thae thoug that he thought he was ready to be president. and i have lowas looking at old. take a look at what he said about senator obama. he said i don't seek the presidency on the presumption that i'm blessed with such personal greatness that history has anointed me to safer my country in i...

Respects. there will be a funeral here tomorrow morning and then the senator's body will be flown to washington for a ceremony in the national cathedral. and he will be buried on sunday at the u.s. naval academy cemetery in annapolis, maryland. >> and another chance for the public to view him here at the capitol as well. nick watt in phoenix, washington honoring mccain on saturday where both president obama and president bush will difference eulogies on senator mccain's request. maybe not a subtle message to donald trump who mccain did not want there, but to a divided country as well. jeff zel...

Respect his colleagues had and his family, he passed away last friday, to see megan -- meghan mccain break down, give you idea how much she, the family and arizona will miss the maverick of the senate. >> yes, we -- you mentioned seeing his children seated with his wife cind nee. he was a father. sons adopted and a daughter sidney, married cindy, they had four children, meghan most well known to the american public due to her career, two sons who served in the military, john and james, known as jack and jimmy, and his daughter, the youngest, bridget. there is a moment here where we see the fam...