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The funeral unfolded as a parting lesson and civility from mccain himself. to eulogize him he invited george w. bush who won a bitter primary fight in 2000 and barack obama who prevailed in 2008. amid moments of humor. >> from trouble making plea to presidential candidate. >> reporter: praise for mccain's core believes. >> a various points throughout his long career john confronted policies and practices he believed were unworthy to his country. he would insist we are better than this. america is better than this. >> phony controversies and manufactured outrage. the politics that pretends to b...

And petty. trafficking in bombast and insult. phony controversies. and manufactured outrage. it's a politics that pretends to be brave and tough, but in fact is born of fear. >> joining me now, democratic senator amy klobuchar of minnesota. >> thanks, chuck. >> what did you take away from yesterday and did you see it as a rebuke of president trump? >> i saw it as a story of john mccain, his grieving family. a grieving nation. people who he had run against, people who had defeated him. he invited them in. and i think it is no surprise that the subject of the administration came up obliquely fro...

Winks. you're way to young to remember this, and i covered the 200 primary fight between these two guys, and it was as ugly as it gets. >> yeah. >> the fact that those two could come from beyond that and form a friendship as president bush says, says so, so much. >> president obama also spoke. take a listen. >> so much of our politics, our public life, our public discourse, can seem small and mean and petty, trafficking in bottom pab bombast, phony controversies, and manufactured outrage. it's the politics that pretends

Judgment in politics, much of that has gone away, as reporters have joined in candidates in chasing phony outrage after outrage after outrage, and frankly, i'm tired. i'm glad the year's over. i need a break. >> chris, we have a lek n elect year coming up. go get some rest, buddy. the caucus, do you expect anything to change in 2016? >> it's been amazing how much this campaign is hijacked by phony controversies. but the entire way the media establishment missed the rise of donald trump, mocked and minimized him, said he was going to implode any moment and failed to understand the anger and anx...

Judgment in politics, much of that has gone away, as reporters have joined in candidates in chasing phony outrage after outrage after outrage, and frankly, i'm tired. i'm glad the year's over. i need a break. >> chris, we have a lek n elect year coming up. go get some rest, buddy. the caucus, do you expect anything to change in 2016? >> it's been amazing how much this campaign is hijacked by phony controversies. but the entire way the media establishment missed the rise of donald trump, mocked and minimized him, said he was going to implode any moment and failed to understand the anger and anx...