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Chicago coming up. you want to see divided country? stick around. we'll show you a divided country. tom friedman as always, thank you so much for being with us. and thank you for your insight. >> thank you. >> still ahead on "morning joe," one of the men who knew senator john mccain the best called him quota romantic about his causes and a cynic about the world. we'll be talking to mark salter, a friend, close aide and speech writer to the late senator plus we talked about bobby kennedy's toughness as a political figure, much in the same mold as john mccain. up next we're bringing in chris mat...

Democracy here in the united states and around the world. we should pay tribute to him. i do not see this as an opportunity to have a talk about a battle with donald trump or whatever. john mccain could be angry but, ultimately, he'd come back to you and say, we have to work together. he was very good at building bridges. with regard to the chief of staff of the white house, i'm sure he respects john mccain's unbelievable service to this country. obviously in the military, but beyond that. i'm sure the white house -- the people who are working at the white house are paying tribute to john mcca...

>> i wanted to hear from you today was, many people may not know the former defense secretary, and house member is also an accomplished poet and novelist as well and shares with mark salter the literary enjoyments of john mccain who was one of the most -- yeah, go ahead. >> i was just going to say that john was such an inspiration to me. that he is, in fact, the central character in most of the novels that i've written. i sat down with him -- >> really? >> he never talked about the injuries he suffered or what happened to him. for almost three years i tried to get him to talk to me. he refused...

His irish temper, his desire to do well to help those less fortunate, and to be fighting for the underdog. he was born to fight. and he fought until the very end until it was time for him to say good-bye. >> that is something that i have never realized so thanks for sharing that with us. mark salter, one of the things about john mccain is that he loved as you and nicolle wallace and other people who worked with him knew he loved not only hemingway but read aloud, showing his enjoyment of these literary heroes. >> he did, indeed. he was quite an avid reader, fiction and nonfiction. lots of hist...

Getting enough help. but john mccain will help us. he had no idea my daughter had a connection to senator mccain. he's just a guy who not only knew john's name but knew him as a friend who would help him if he could. that's an extraordinary tribute, i think, to the global importance of john mccain and his inate decency. he personified the values of this country was founded on. he was their greatest champion. >> mark salter, thank you so much, and thank you for your thoughts. our thoughts are with you, with the friends, the family, roberta mccain at age 106, who has lost her son now and, of cou...