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Quarters. today, he's a world away from the cruel and prideful bigotry of that time, and good riddance. i can't wish my opponent luck but i do wish him well. >> kevin mclaughlin, where is that in our politics today? where is it? we watched how republicans reacted after charlottesville. it's so far. >> yeah. >> from what john mccain did right there. >> yeah. you know, i think it's been a long slog to get to where we are right now. to see him talk and think about 2008, i was in the mccain campaign in the 2007 primary and it was just brutal. i was in charge of radio and tv, when i talked to the r...

At the white house was taken as an outrage and an insult in many quarters. today, he's a world away from the cruel and prideful bigotry of that time, and good riddance. i can't wish my opponent luck, but i do wish him well. [ applause ] >> kevin mclaughlin, where -- where is that in our politics today? where is it? we watched how republicans reacted after charlottesville. it's so far. >> yeah. >> from what john mccain did right there. >> yeah. you know, i think it's been a long slog to get to where we are right now. seeing him talk and think about 2008, i was with the mccain campaign in the 20...

That time, and good riddance. i can't wish my opponent luck, but i do wish him well. >> andrea, i think what a lot of people will miss about politics and the way it used to be is that as nasty as campaigns could be -- that was during the 2008 campaign. >> just before the election. >> you still had people have a fundamental respect for one another that carried over after the election was over. >> >> exactly. and while john mccain worked with george w. bush on the surge with general petraeus and overs because he wasable that was the best policy, he worked against the bush white house with dianne...

But i do wish him well. >> chris, that i'm glad you brought tlaup because that is quite a speech. and the dignity and the honor that he brings to that kind of that he brought to that kind of occasion was clack john mccain. >> that's why we care. it's why people like you and i are spend our lives covering these guys. at their best, they are something else. something else. >> chris matthews thanks so much for being there for us tonight. >> i'm glad you're doing this tonight. >> thank you. >> you're the right person to be doing there tonight. thank you. you're the right person to be calling in. t...

Determination. it's not for nothing that he's inspired so many folks in his own party and beyond. senator obama talks about making history, and he's made quite a bit of it already. there was a time when the mere invitation of an african-american citizen to dine at the white house was taken as an outrage and an insult in many quarters. today is a world away from the crude and prideful bigotry of that time, and good riddance. i can't wish my opponent luck, but i do wish him well. >> well, put that in a time capsule, proof there was such a time when american political leaders spoke that way about...