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Christmas parties, which let me in the east wing. i didn't even get in the west wing. so what would you all do in this situation because this isn't something that lacks consequence. we're talking about voting rights and democracy, and you know you're not going to get 60 votes. so what's next? what's the purpose of this? >> let me tell you something. let me tell you something. you know, i lived through these frustrations when i was in the white house. you know, you were with us from the beginning. i lived through it when we were trying to pass the affordable care act. and, you know, we had demo...

To be like senator x. john mccain is an exception to that. for all sorts of reasons, and i think you've touched on and the people we've spoken to have been talking about but the paramount example is the 5 1/2 years he spent in hanoi in the hanoi hilton during which he was tortured and given the opportunity to leave captivity earlier and he wouldn't do it and it came out. so it was not only the courage, but most of all is this. anyone who had been through that experience for five and a half years, you would expect afterwards to be justifiably angry, they wouldn't be able to operate in life in a...

But my guess is that not terribly many families these days across the united states say, i want my child to grow up to be like senator x. john mccain is an exception to that. for all sorts of reasons, and i think you've touched on and the people we've spoken to have been talking about but the paramount example is the 5 1/2 years he spent in hanoi in the hanoi hilton during which he was tortured and given the opportunity to leave captivity earlier and he wouldn't do it and it came out. so it was not only the courage, but most of all is this. anyone who had been through that experience for fiv...

Colins who was a republican but in modern times the conflict has become so fierce as we're saying just a few moments earlier, it is almost unthinkable. and another thing that you were talking with bill crystal about was john mccain's character. one element was this ability to go across the aisle and some of his greatest friendships in the senate were with people that were democrats. but the other thing is that in the 19th century and the 18th century oftentimes american parents who were bringing up children looking for role models would look to political leaders as examples of people they want...

Reassuring that congress has given approval on an action? i guess so. but at the same time, we follow the constitution of the united states and we follow how those laws are made out. commander in chief has the authority to make the call as to when military force is or is not used. congress' approval is fantastic. american people behind that is wonderfu wonderful. we follow orders laid out lby te constitution of the united states. >> how war weary do you think this country is? >> incredibly. this has to be a sell job not just to senator x and congressman y. but the american people. after coming...