kavanaugh in the hearings. the republicans hold a slim majority in the senate. mccain s replacement would give them a razor thin 51-49 edge. if democrats units against kavanaugh republicans could need every vote that they can get. not only for the u.s. supreme court confirmation, but for other votes before the 2016 2018 midterms. with me now is eric bradnor, a cnn politics reporter. all right. so, you know, there s a lot of pressure on the arizona governor, right, to make a decision. what s the criteria he would be weighing in order to find a successor, someone to fill this seat temporarily? yeah. there s absolutely a lot of pressure and it s kind of coming from three directions, right. president trump, obviously wants something who is going to be a reliable vote in the senate, kind of a departure from a john mccain or a jeff flake, whereas
liked john mccain. i didn t agree with all of his m politics but i liked him. he was an honest person. i would like to see the politics go back to the way it used to be. reporter: now as we stand here, there is a private ceremony going on inside the chapel on the grounds of the naval academy. tributes are being given to john mccain by his friend senator lindsey graham, by his son jack mccain, by david petraeus. some very powerful and compelling figures giving tributes as we speak. in a couple hours, a very eegs motional symbol emotional symbolism will take place as the ceremony ends and they go to the cemetery, the missing man flyover will occur around 4:00. the emotional and final moment will be remembering john mccain by. that is a powerful moment that happens at ceremonies of this caliber. thank you so much, brian todd. appreciate it. u.s. senator lindsey graham is giving that tribute to his
attention and have high expectations. it s a lot of pressure from a lot of different directions he has to balance here. eric, while the family then, you re saying is being consulted, what about any considerations being made by john mccain s wife cindy or even particularly post that eulogy from daughter meghan mccain yesterday, don t know if she s still a resident of arizona or if it would matter in this case, whether keeping it in the family is at all a possibility? it seems like a remote possibility. there s been talk about cindy mccain certainly, but the problem is, again, arizona republicans, sort of the irony of the last week as the nation mourns john mccain and sees him as a hero and a patriot, arizona republicans have actually been shifting away from his politics. they ve been turned off by mccain and senator jeff flake
who this year is retiring rather than running for re-election in part because he s broken from president trump so often. arizona republicans are demanding someone to be much more loyal to the president and that s a departure from the mccain family and a lot of mccain s political circle including people like grant woods, the former mccain chief of staff who delivered a really moving eulogy as well. that s it s tough to see the governor pleasing arizona republicans by picking someone that s the task for the governor to placate both points of view. it is, absolutely. it is. and that s why he s looking at some people he has appointed to state offices. there are a couple of women, eileen klein, the state treasurer, and karyn taylor robinson a wealthy developer he appointed to the state board of regents who might be picked that could sort of thread that needle