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Party. >> reporter: he rattled the race by propelling sarah palin under the ticket but history had another plan. mccain returned to the senate and remained a prominent voice. >> probably i'm proudest of being able to contribute to the security of this country and the men and women who serve it. >> are you okay? can i get you anything? >> reporter: fame led to fun. >> sorry. i hope everything is okay. >> reporter: he loved to get a laugh. he often referred to himself as an imperfect public servant. facing a dire diagnosis like brain cancer fired his independent streak calling out a gridlock sen...

Country when i was a prisoner in someone else's. >> reporter: when mccain remarried in 1980, wife cindy's home state of arizona became his political base. elected to congress and six terms in the u.s. senate where he became known as the maverick. mccain often angered conservatives over issues like immigration, railed against washington's penchant for pork barrel spending and challenged his own party's president, george w. bush to change strategy in the iraq war. >> early on i came out and said this could be not only a long struggle but a losing one unless we change the strategy. >> reporter: m...

The disease and really expanding his expectations for the prognosis of this very tough form of cancer, but they recognized where things were and the family made the decision to let the public in on the senator's decision thought to seek additional treatment and today he passed surrounded by loved ones and now that the word is out that this life of service and politics has ended, there are, of course, reactions coming in from people who served along with him like senator lindsey graham who says that america and freedom has lost a great champion today as well as he has lost a friend and mentor. ...

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