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He was not afraid to stand up, speak truth to power, regardless of the consequences. this is the man who was principled, yet pragmatic, yet he did things during the 2008 meltdown, even though he was criticized for it at the time, and it cost him politically when he took a leadership role, but he felt he had to do it for the god of the country and the economy. that's the kind of man we were, and that's why we're remembering him so fondly. >> bipartisanship has been a theme of this week, as of mccain's life. joe lieberman spoke about how mccain asked him about being on a bipartisan ticket. >> i ...

To be brave and tough, but in fact is born in fear. john called on us to be bigger than that. he called on us to be better than that. >> dana, not so subtle subtext there. >> not even a little bit. using all tho, he ran on the no of hope, and that was no accident that he did that. i also loved, s.e., when president obama said that senator mccain is getting the last laugh by having george w. bush and barack obama forced to say nice things about him in such a public way. >> that was so great. you know, in a very difficult week, those moments of levity make a huge difference. >> they sure do.

Did he talk to you at all about the decision to be interred at annapolis? discuss discuss that at all? >> yeah, years ago. he's going to be buried to one of the his oldest friends, who was, you know, a four-starred admiral, twice superintendent of the academy, chuck larsen, his classmate. they were a real odd couple. admill larsen purchased four plots, one for he and his wife, one for john and cindy. john liked the idea. i remember when the -- he had a love/hate relationship over the place that over time became just love. it's a beautiful spot looking over the river. it's an propose place for ...

Face who was mccain who yelled, relax, relax! [ laughter ] john was above all a man with a code. he lived by 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. that relax aneck dote reminded everyone, of course, that mccain had a great and sometimes wicked sense of humor. >> there's so many layers in there, because john mccain never relaxed, which i think was part of the joke he was telling to ...

Attract democrats. we will wait and see. i think i can. we have a lot of folks in this state that are looking at our plan and looking at the ideas we have to get the manufacturing sector of this economy of the sector going again in michigan and maybe excited about having rick santorum on that ticket. >> you did support gov. romney in 2008, and you said he was a conservative. is that one of those moments you regret or do you look at it as the circumstances? what has changed, in other words, in four years? >> well, you know, i waited until five days before the super tuesday primary when it was d...