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Number of times and talked about the president a number of times. but today is a day that i don't want to merge the two. i can only quote a latin phrase. and it means "the thing speaks for itself." and beyond that, i don't really have any comment. >> fair enough. mark salter, your thoughts as we enter this week of mourning and think about john mccain's legacy? >> i'll just say ditto to what secretary cohen just said. but in terms of all the people around the world who have gotten to know him, it's not just heads of government or important political people but those little guys that he fought f...

After labor day, i'll go back to the senate and i'll try to be as persistent as ted was. and as passionate for the work. i know i'm privileged to serve there. but i think most of my colleagues would agree, place won't be the same without him. >> that was senator john mccain, you'll guysing his friend ted kennedy, the two larger than life figures died on the same date, august 25th, nine years apart of the same type of brain cancer. john mccain was so unique. he was hard to describe. somehow though his long time friend and aide and collaborator, mark salter always finds a way to put mccain's com...

And then tell me about this journey of putting it together. >> that is correct. when we approached mark salter and john mccain, we presented him with this idea, and he immediately said yes. he wanted us to come down to arizona as soon as possible. when we got down there, he pulled us aside and he takes everyone first thing he does is that he walks you around his property, and shows you all of the trees and the streams, and he says, i brought you down here this quickly, because this disease is so terrible and i want to get my story are out while i still have my memory. so it was important for h...

Documentary that will be reairing, speaking with law milwaukee e makers with both parties about mccain's impact. you might have noticed abc scrambled, able to air a documentary saturday night as well, one hour documentary all about mccain. you just don't see this very often in american politics. it speaks to how unique this moment in time is and what a loss this is. the publisher of mccain's book jonathan carp came out with a statement overnight. he actually edited and published all seven of mccain and salter's books. the most recent one as i mentioned was the restless wave, just came out rece...

He says, the world is a fine place and worth the fighting for and i hate very much to leave it. and i do too mccain wrote, i hate to leave it but i don't have a complaint. no one. it's been quite a ride. more from the book in just a moment. book the book and the film, they were two parting gifts of sorts from mccain and his long time co-author and collaborator mark salter. i remember speaking with the head the hbo about the film. once we learned about the diagnosis, it was important to the film makers and executives at hbo to talk with mccain and talk with his friends and associates about his ...