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Welcome back. as we've said, senator mccain's death will have awe p profound effect on the senate but it's not just that the senate is losing a statesman, it's also losing one of the few republicans willing to stand up to president trump, especially when it comes to issues of national security. without mccain, oklahoma senator james inhoffe is the top republican on the armed services committee and he was a lot more friendly to president trump than mccain was. moments ago the senator said mccain is partially to blame for the white house flag controversy. i'm joined now by rhode island senator j...

From senator inhoffe, i think he was speaking to cnn when he said that senator mccain was responsible for the white house not keeping the flag at half staff today because he was so vocally outspoken against this president. >> well, i believe the president should have maintained the flag at half staff. it's honoring an individual who gave his life for the country and i think senator inhoffe understands and respects the sacrifice senator mccain made for his country, so i think the president ultimately made the right decision. i think engaging in sort of a dissection of that decision at this poin...