warm con congratulatory call. i said, senator, thanks so much for all you did to support me through this process. he said, when you leave? i said, senator? he said, when do you go to baghdad? i said, i go back to kansas and wrap things up. he hung up. he was impatient. he was relentless. he was determined. no one had our backs more than he did. we start in a state that s been under the spotlight since saturday. today th today, the same day arizona is preparing to pay tribute to john mccain, republicans in the grand canyon state are going to the polls for the other senate seat, the one big vacated by jeff flake. what s really fascinating about today s contest is that it speaks to what we ve been discussing since mccain s death. what and where is the heart and soul of the republican party? both in arizona and around the country. three candidates, none embracing mccain, all allies of president trump.