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Shift? >> i found it fascinating. when i came out and said donald rumsfeld has to resign, the iraq war is failing, oh, he's a grumpy old man. if i say the president has to replace his national security team. excuse me. when i say donald rumsfeld -- there's the brave maverick standing up against his own party. when i say the national security team is not serving this president well, he's a grumpy old man. >> and everyone is on twitter ten seconds later saying mccain said this or taking shots at you. >> at the same time you have to have the maturity to recognize that's the nature of the business...

>> i found it fascinating. because when i came out and said that donald rumsfeld has to resign, that the iraq war is failing, he's a grumpy old man. when i say the president has to replace his national security team, excuse me, when i said donald rumsfeld has to be -- here is the brave match rick standing up against his own party. when i say the national security team is not serving this president well, he's the grumpy old man. >> and then everybody is on twitter media a few minutes later saying mccain said this and taking shots at you. >> but at the same time, that's the nature of the busines...

They talk as often as five times a kay. this isn't the first time mccain has gone from thorn in the side to legislative partner as he acknowledges. >> when president bush was president and i said rumsfeld ought to resign, voted against his tax revisions. then president obama was elected and obama care is the first agenda item out of the box and i fought tooth and nail against it. well, it's the grumpy old man. i allege that i didn't even joy losing. but i also allege that it was both a mischaracterization. i've always been results oriented. >> mccain was a thorn in the side of george w. bush. ...

Ends. i've always been result oriented. >> always been results oriented, sam. but i do like the self-avowed grumppy old man behavior. i guess he sort of walked that back. but my question to you is, is the old mccain back and how much of this is going to affect the way politics are conducted? >> i just can't get over how cute those two are. >> they are really cute together. >> adorable. is the old mccain back? what was the old mccain? i think he's sort of an impulsive guy, an impulsive politician as well. i don't think that this is happening by accident though. i think that the third prong in t...

The '60s. >> it was a time of uncertainty, hope and change. the summer of love. half a world away, another kind of love -- of country. john mccain. shot down, tortured his philosophy before party, polls and self -- america. a maverick. >> in that campaign maverick was thrown off the bus and sarah palin was given the seat. these days with thoughts toward legacy and no primary to get in the way, mccain has repositioned smacking down conservative whack co-birds and playing nice with democrats. >> when president bush was president and i said rumsfeld ought to resign, i voted against the bush tax c...