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Beloved wife, cindy. it began outside with a powerful burst of rain. an honor guard carrying his flag-draped casket up step by careful step. placing it upon a simple black platform that was built for abraham lincoln's casket. friends from across his full life gathering with his family. mccain had said serving in congress was the great honor of his life. today, his colleagues putting partisanship aside. >> he had america's fighting spirit. our noble idealism, our solemn patriotism. and our slightly irreverent streak all rolled into one. >> reporter: remembering mccain, the straight-talking stat...

I'm a democrat. and i loved john mccain. i thought i was such a beautiful and simple statement and it reflects a friendship that he had on both sides of the aisle, as you pointed out, chris. that's what today is about. we've seen people like paul ryan speak and senator mitch mcconnell as well as mike pence all remembering senator mccain and his life. he spent 35 years in congress and if you spend that kind of time in washington, d.c., and capitol hill, you get to know a lot of people. that's really what today is about. >> if someone asked me, they had a professional connection and a personal o...

Vision of the common good, depending on the issue, you knew john would either be your sanchez ally staunchest ally or your most stubborn opponent. >> so you had a range of dignitaries there, current members of congress, military and dress uniform as senator mccain was the chairman of the senate armed services committee. he was proud to serve on that committee for many years. he also offered this tribute to senator mccain. >> it was never feigned disagreement, that man didn't feign anything. he relished the fight. he showed that in the arena, the back and forth, that's for the cause gets bigger...

All politics is local but it's really relational. john mccain came from an era and i'm the spouse of a member of congress. it's hard to build those relationships when you don't live in the city and your families don't connect that way. this is a real throwback to a time when members of congress lived in the city, families knew each other and they interacted in a very different way than the interact right now. if you build friendships, you build trust. if you have trustee work across the aisle to have those bipartisan bills and policies that all of us along for right now in this era where there...

Sweeter. >> he had at well-publicized clashes with president trump and so governor mike pence offered his own special tribute to senator mccain. >> on behalf of a grateful nation, we will ever remember that john mccain served his country, and john mccain served his country honorably. >> that was a tribute from the vips. and now ordinary everyday americans are filing into the united states capital rotunda able to pay their respects to john mccain. some saying they wanted to do that because of his many, many years of service to this great country and they were also able to say some prayers for s...