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They look at him as if john came from another age, that he lived by a different code, an ancient, antiquated code where honor, courage, character, integrity, duty didn't matter, because that was obvious how john lived his life. the truth is, john's code was ageless, is ageless. >> welcome back to "hardball." that, of course, former vice president joe biden. he was speaking this morning about the life, legacy, and character of senator john mccain, during memorial service in mccain's home state of arizona. mccain was said to be heavily involved in the preparations for his own memorial plans, inc...

For our dignity and respect we showed to one another, we received an award for civility in public life. there's a college allegheny county puts out this award every year for bipartisanship. john and i looked at each and said what the hell is going on here. no, not a joke. i said to senator flake, that's how it's supposed to be. we get an award? i'm serious. think about this. getting an award for your civility. getting an award for bipartisanship. classic john, allegheny college of hundreds of people, got the award and the senate was in session. he spoke first and, as he walked off the stage an...

Democratic side and sit next to me. i'm not joking. we'd sit there and talk to each other. i can remember the day when i came out to see john, we were r r reminiscing around it. it was '96, about to go to the caucus. we both went into our caucus and co-incidentally, we were approached by our caucus leaders with the same thing. joe, it doesn't look good, you sitting next to john all the time. i swear to god. same thing was said to john in your caucus. [ laughter ] >> that's when things began to change for the worse in america in the senate. that's when it changed.

Form, in whatever country. he always loved basic values, fairness, honesty, dignity, respect, giving hate no safe harbor, leaving no one behind and understanding americans were part of something much bigger than ourselves. with john, it was a value set that was neither selfish nor self-serving. john understood that america was first and foremost, an idea. audacious and risky, organized around not tribe but ideals. think of how he approached every issue. the ideals that americans rallied around for 200 years, the ideals of the world has

Prepared you. sounds corny. we hold these truths self-evident, but all men are created equal, endowed by their creator with certain rights. to john, those words had meaning. as they have for every great patriot who's ever served this country. we both loved the senate, proudest years of my life were being a united states senator. i was honored to be a united states senator. we both lamented, watching it change. during the long debates in the '80s and '90s, i would go sit next to john, next to his seat or he would come on the