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>> certainly you hope you never get shot down and wind up in a situation. you do try to think if that happened to you you could serve in a way and deal with the experience the way john mccain did. he was somebody all of us looked up to. he was a hero of mine. we don't very often get to get our heros. he was one of my highlights to get to know him. >> i know you and your peers consider him as a mentor in the naval pilot school. you also became friends with him. favorite memory? >>. >> i got to know him because my wife, gabby giffords was from