time before starting those therapies to let him recover completely from the operation. the incision, which is in the eyebrow on the left, you have to let that incision heal. probably a few weeks from now. in the interim, you have heard, kate, you have been saying, he s been up and about. he s firy on twitter. he s been making lot of calls. he had a quick recovery after the operation. we can only wish he continues to recover and get back to work, what he loves. thank you for laying it out. i appreciate it. this morning, senator lindsey graham says his long-time friend is trying to figure out the next steps, that includes when mccain could return to work in washington. itis moments like these that remind us how many close friend this is one man, this senator has on both sides of the aisle on capitol hill. you remember, of course, this moment about friendship during a
that s a very nice note to end on. joining me now, another friend of john mccain s, cnn political commentator, ana navarro. she worked on his 2008 presidential campaign. you reached out and said we have to talk about this. we have to talk about this man. what did you think when you heard the news? i was shocked. he s 80 years old, but he hasn t gotten the memo yet that he is 80 years old. he has boundless energy. he traveled like the energizer bunny. i was talking to lindsey graham. john mccain is older than lindsay, older than i am and he would tire us out. he is in physical pain never day. he can t bend his knees or bend his arms over his shoulder because of the broken bones suffered in vietnam.
company for 25 years. senator graham, what do we not know about senator john mccain? that you can say on tv? say anything. what you see is what you get. there s not a private side of john mccain that is much different. he s cantankerous and can be a complete jerk to his closest friends and hug you dearly next. here s what started all this. john asked me to support him for president. you know why i did? he asked. no one ever asked me before. so over that, between then and now been all over the world with him and worst if he reads in the paper 5,000 people slaughtered, says we have to go there. why? but john to me has a quality really special. fight for his friends.
a sense of humor, and i just wish our beloved friend joe lieberman were here. petraeus called us the three amigos. another wonderful person we ve enjoyed the pleasure of his company for 20-some years. senator graham, what do we not know about john mccain? that you can say on tv? yeah. cable. you can say anything. i think what you see is what you get. there s not the private side of john mccain that is much different. he s cantankerous. he can be a complete jerk to his closest friends, and hug you dearly next. here s what started all this. john asked me to support him for president. you know why i did? because he asked. no one ever asked me before. so over that between then and now, i ve been all over the world with him. and the worst let me tell you. if he reads in the paper 5,000 people slaughtered, he said we
particular, senator lindsey graham. he was asked if there is now a need for a special prosecutor. if there is something there, and it goes up the chain of investigation, it is clear to me that jeff sessions who is my dear friend, cannot make this decision about trump. so there may be nothing there, but if there is something there that the fbi believes is criminal in nature, then for sure you need a special prosecutor. if that day ever comes, i ll be the first one to say it needs to be somebody other than jeff. john, it seems some republicans are inching closer toward this position of a special prosecutor. it makes sense. if there are alleged criminal misdoings. if it s happening stance me meeting, dwri don t know that i warrants. and ag sessions can t investigate himself in there. the top democrats voicing their strong disapproval calling for him to resign in some cases.