brigette, the orphan they brought back from the orphanage with mother teresa. a second child they brought back, that child was adopted by two people who worked on mccain s staff. she basically has a sister. these kids were three months old, and given no time to live. that s the kind of people that made friends with john mccain over decades and he personally chose them not unlike calling george bush and barack obama to give his eulogy. the individuals here got a phone call three or four months ago from john mccape saying would you honor mccain saying would you honor me being part of my funeral. he will be remembered here in arizona, as a unique individual who had a love affair with arizona, with america, and the feeling was mytule. dana? dana: william, thank you for that. i didn t know he reported on john mccain in 1981, pretty amazing story. ed henry, also covered john mccain.
to at least address the flag issue. this is what we were talking about yesterday, that flag had been raised again overnight from sunday into monday, raising a lot of eyebrows so these aides wanted to see the president issue a proclamation. that is where the american legion comes in. the veterans group issued a strongly worded very pointed statement urging the president to fly the flag at half-staff until senator mccain s internment. later we ll talk about republicans are saying this was an unforced error and speaking of capitol hill, on mccain s senate desk you see a vase of
fine. maybe he was jealous of him and his heroism. that s fine, too. what isn t fine is our president indulging his gripes in a national moment of loss. he didn t lower flags more than are in because he didn t want him remembered any more than are in. it wasn t an oversight. it was a slight like the journalists in annapolis. contrast with billy graham when the reverend passed. he kept the flags lowered longer. why? trump liked graham. he was good to him. it s as plain as the look on trump s face when he was asked today about the senator. three times he refused to answer questions about mccain. reporters were shouting to weigh in on mccain s legacy. they got nothing. why is the flag back at half-staff now if what i m saying is right?
of a politician. i think part of what people liked, why he was more popular than his policy agenda. a broad sense that basically john mccain was out of principle. if he was wrong, he came at it honestly. i think you ve seen in the trump era, a real citizen evening of meaning well. from the level, people like john mccain. they used this positive public image to pursue an agenda. the wrap on mccain was that he was a standard issue republican politician on a wide variety of issues which was complicated by his vote to save obamacare. and then from the right, i think part of what has animated trumpism has been this idea that these well meaning politicians with global ideas, and mccain some genuinely big global ideas about spreading democracy. he was a supporter of immigration and the good that immigration does for people around the world. saying that s people giving away
if he was wrong, he came at it honestly. i think you ve seen in the trump era, a real citizen evening of meaning well. from the level, people like john mccain. they used this positive public image to pursue an agenda. the wrap on mccain was that he was a standard issue republican politician on a wide variety of issues which was complicated by his vote to save obamacare. and then from the right, i think part of what has animated trumpism has been this idea that these well meaning politicians with global ideas, and mccain some genuinely big global ideas about spreading democracy.