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Drive around the south of france and enjoy the summer vacation. for roberta mccain to have lost her son this way, being honored by the nation he served for so long, has to be quite a moment. the son and grandson of four-star admirals, certainly we've all recounted out john mccain at annapolis, was at the bottom of his class. but he knew he had that legacy and he was going to stand up and end up. he chose to be a naval aviator. and we know how bravely he did those missions and of course had that terrible fate to become a prisoner of war. i'm also struck, if you have a moment, by the closing par...

No, ma'am. he's a decent family man, citizen, that i just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues. he's not. >> nicolle, you talk about the straight talk express. that did not stop, did it? did it? >> that clip was so interesting. i was standing with mark salter who was standing by me when he did that. we weren't surprised in the moment. but half a country away, sarah palin sounded a different tune. he didn't just stand up to the people's whose votes he wanted, he had a different strategy. now, eight years later, a very different view of the direction of the republican party. h...

The other loves of his life, his best friends in the senate, joe lieberman, you know, lindsey graham, they were loosely branded as the three amigos. they spent time traveling all over the world to places where sort of seeing a delegation of bipartisan american senators made a big difference. they spent time in iraq together. they spent time traveling with hillary clinton. there was some stories about drinking with hillary clinton. he was someone that cindy mccain shared with the u.s. senate, with his closest friends. i'm thinking of mark salter tonight. he got on a plane and flew to arizona. h...

Go. because you don't want to leave other prisoners you won't do it. he could have used privilege and didn't. >> torture is tough. when he was captured he was beaten in the lake. he was blessed with a partner in mark salter who helped to tell his story. michael is a great writer as well. it's a story that does, in fact, five years. five years of that stuff, every day, getting beaten up and not cracking. that is a remarkable testament. other p.o.w.s say we all leave in the order we arrive or leave together, but don't go out of turn. >> i have to thank you all at this point. thank you, michael. ...

This a tough day? this is nothing. >> yeah. you haven't had your fingernails pulled out. and so i think character is destiny. he and mark salter wrote a book with that great insight from the greeks, and his character fundamentally shaped who he was. and what i think -- the role i think he played, and you would know more about this than i would, i think he also tried very hard to be a mentor to people in the arena, saying, look, don't just always listen to your handlers, don't look at the polls all the time. do what you think is right. enjoy the fight because if you don't, what's the point? >> ...