former campaign manager for senator mccain. what a remarkable statement to hear of a few final words from the senator here just after his passing. in those words were remarkable. he called himself the luckiest person. let's bring in our power panel. guy benson, and jessica tarlov, fox news contributor. thanks for being here today. i want to start with you, guys. i had a chance to speak with jessica sauer. by listening to that remarkable letter to americans, which was something he was so proud of themselves, just being an american. >> very powerful. you can sort of picture a movie of his whole life to his country with about a year's worth worth of notice, with the awareness that his time was coming soon, sitting down drafting a letter to that country and that's what that was. rick davis could barely get through reading it and it was a very powerful.