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Political campaign than a solemn occasion. our supreme court confirmation process has been in steady decline for more than 30 years. one can only hope that the kavanaugh nomination is where the process has finally hit rock bottom. >> i'm going to take issue with on that last point. i remember president obama who thought his 2012 re-election was going to break the fever. whenever we think we've hit bottom, we always dig the hole deeper. >> well, i don't think we've hit bottom and i think that has a lot more to do with big global trends about demography and the economy, and so this is part of th...

Stature is buried. the president over the weekend vetoed a statement from the white house talking about john mccain's life, honoring his life and kwaulg him a hero. not calling john mccain a hero. a moment ago the reporters were with the president at the white house and they were asked -- they asked the president multiple times i guess in the oval office, was john mccain a hero? and the president responded with silence. charlie? >> the contrast is so stark. john mccain's tradition of service and his personal courage and donald trump's incredible pettiness, even at this midnight. he can't rise ...

Critique of a sitting president. it is not like anything in the same moral universe of previous presidents. this is strong, dystopian language about our commander in chief. it is a warning. and maybe he is setting himself up for a primary challenge. but certainly he has been strong and principaled and blistering in his critique in a what that exceeds john mccain and bob corker. >> flake ended that rift by saying where is the good news? i think we have hit bottom. >> you have to hit bottom before you get better. i think there is a civic silver lining to the stress test and that's what jeff flak...

The president pay a price for this kind of thing. the nfl could really have stood up to the president at some point. it just hasn't happened. if people lose a sense of outrage or people lose the expectation that the out -- outrageous actions might have consequences, you can kind of understand it. >> on that point, republican senator jeff flake made this -- made some really remarkable statements at harvard at the commencement this week. let's listen to it. >> our presidency has been debased by a figure who seemingly has a bottomless appetite for destruction and division and only a passing famil...

It will do nothing to shed any light if light needs to be shed on this topic. and i've seen no evidence that there is spying on the trump campaign. it's just simply the fbi following leads on was russia involved or fought. and i think it was appropriate from what i've seen. if there's a briefing it ought to involve both parties. >> yeah, a lot of people and several of your republican colleagues agree. you just delivered a pretty scathing speech at harvard's class day. our presidency has been debased by a figure who has a seemingly bottomless appetite for destruction and division and only a pas...