very, very old. reporter: senator john mccain two months after winning the 2018 republican party nomination cracking jokes on saturd saturd night live . one of countless opportunities the senator took to poke fun the at himself. i even opposed federal water projects even when they ben fitted my state. that s why thanks to me 15% of arizona citizens must get their drinking water from cactus. . reporter: he was the first sitting senator to host saturday night live and return to the show many times. his comic timing always impressive. mccain played everything from a creepy husband. you re so lovely. oh. i could watch you for hours. oh my god, david, how did you get in here? the door was open, angel. shall i lufa your back.
president? certainly someone who is very, very, very old. senator john mccain, two months after winning the 2008 republican party nomination, cracking jokes on saturday night live. one of countless opportunities, the senator took to poke fun at himself. i ve also opposed federal water prejts even when they benefitted my state tp. that s why thanks to me 15% of arizona citizens must get drinking water from cactus. he was the first to host snl and return many times. his comic timing always impressive. he played everything from a creepy husband. you re so lovely. i could watch you for hours. my god, david how did you get in here. the door was open, angel, shall i loofa your back. to a character he called sad grch. that s why i get on tv and go
water projects, even when they benefitted my state. that s why thanks to me, 15% of arizona citizens must get their drinking water from cactus. reporter: he was the first sitting senator to host saturday night live and returned to the show many times. his comic timing always impressive. mccain played everything from a creepy husband you re so lovely. oh, oh. i could watch you for hours. oh my god, david, how did you get in here? the door was open, angel. shall i loofah your back? reporter: to a character he called sad grandpa. that s where i get on tv and go, come on, obama is going to have plenty of chances to be president. it s my turn. reporter: mccain s humor could be cutting, too. like when someone asked him in 2007 if he is too old to be president. thanks for the question, you
looking for in our next president? certainly someone who is very, very, very old. reporter: senator john mccain two months after winning the 2008 republican party nomination cracking jokes on saturday night live. one of countless opportunities the senator took to poke fun at himself. i ve also opposed federal water projects, even when they benefitted my state. that s why thanks to me, 15% of arizona citizens must get their drinking water from cactus. reporter: he was the first sitting senator to host saturday night live and returned to the show many times. his comic timing always impressive. mccain played everything from a creepy husband you re so lovely. oh, oh. i could watch you for hours. oh my god, david, how did you get in here? the door was open, angel. shall i loofah your back? reporter: to a charactergran
around the country which means nor for senator mccain because of his military service and his years in the hanoi hilton. the flag symbolism does help to define him, that code of honor i think runs in a straight line from vietnam and how he handled being a celebrated p.o.w. to capitol hill. even to the campaign trail since a duty to the country that was unairing. we all saw it, which is why the democratic minority leader chuck schumer suggested that the russell senate office building on capitol hill, been there for years and years, named after a democrat, by the way, should be named after the republican senator mccain. now this was a man who wasn t perfect. he had a temper that was almost the stuff of legend but he also had a great sense of comic timing that brought him a lot of friends, including senator joe lieberman of connecticut. these two men were so close that in 2008 when mccain was the