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The sense thabo we all stuck together. we were a cohesive unit. we had to be. it was not a walk in the park. we had some tough times. and -- >> you were bryant brutally? in there oh, yes. most of us were. and it was a matter of sticking toke, keeping ourselves going. and the experience really solidifys the values as john said he fell in love with his country. i think that happens to most of us. and i think what was remarkable about john is that he had a good sense of what he wanted to do with the rest of his life. he chose public service. he worked hard at it and he eventually became a giant a...

Vietnam war who were prisoners of war with john mccain. colonel john fir and commander alvarez, thank you all for being here. colonel fur, you were not only a prisoner of war, you were his cellmate for two of the five.5 years he was held captive you were as well. can you even begin to describe what he was like in such close quarters in such bad conditions? >> no, now when you see john under those conditions, you learn that there is a deep inner strength that comes from many sources of john, he was a composite, he really was, he was a composite of all the values that murkel bodies interest you ...

Apologized for his mistakes and recognized them. will you see touches throughout the service and the poem r requiem. >> john sem my, you spent a lot of time with him as well. >> i am struck as we see him leave the capitol there. he is the second to the last vietnam vat ran, this is one senator. -- veteran this is one senator. what we are about to witness today was scripted as we said word by word from senator mccain and those invitations to his former rivals. they were both taken by surprise in april within they got these phone calls from senator mccain. he has other friends who are much close...

The company of the saints. deliver your servant, john, sovereign lord christ from all evil and set him free from every bond, that he may rest with all your saints in the eternal habitations where with the father and the holy spirit, you live and reign one god forever and ever. amen. let us also pray for all who mourn that they may cast their care on god and know the consolation of his love. almighty god, look with pity upon the sorrows of your servants for whom we pray. remember them, gracious god, in

Him, motor rate issed hivated h. so in many respects i think that experience created a lot. >> colonel. >> you know, as time progressed over these last self days since john's passing, i thought that you needed to go back in a sense to basics, for instance, i was asked a number of times during these last few days about what i thought john's legacy was to america and i went to the classic of my old dictionary and looked for the definition of legacy. it's a gift, not in the sense of a quest. that's given to america, there is a void in this country and ed's heart and all p.o.w.s that knew john. th...