way that only someone close to him could understand. but the way i look at it, the way i thought about it was that i always thought of john as a brother. we had a hell of a lot of family fights. we go back a long way. i was a young united states senator. i got elected when i was 29. i had the dubious distinction of being put on the formulations committee, which the next youngest person was 14 years older than me. and i spent a lot of time traveling the world because i was assigned responsibility, my colleagues in the senate knew i
moving tribute. i always thought of john as a brother. we had a hell of a lot of family fights. all politics is all about trust. i trusted john with my life. reporter: biden making this promise to mccain s family as they mourn. you are going to ride by that field or smell that fragrance or see that flashing image and you are going to feel like you did the day you got the news. you know you will make it. i give you my word, i promise you. this i know. that day will come. reporter: after the ceremony john mccain s family escorted him with the motorcade to the airport to get on the plane and go with him for the last time from arizona to washington, the family along with the senator s
someone close to him could understand. but the way i look at it, or how i thought about it, was, i always thought of john as a brother. we had a lot of family fights. [laughter] we go back a long way. i was a young united states senator. i got elected when i was 29 and i had the dubious distinction of being put on the foreign relations committee, which the next youngest person was 14 years older than me. and i spent a lot of time traveling the world, because i was assigned responsibility and i was chairman of the european subcommittee so i spent a lot of
conclusion, but where he would part company with you is if you lacked the basic values of decency, respect. knowing that his project is bigger than yourself. trace: former vice president joe biden that spoke at today s services. he went on to say that he and john mccain considered themselves brothers, except brothers that had a lot of family fights. we re still looking at sky harbor airport. the army national guard on hand there. the flight we can note is about 13 minutes late right now. the original schedule was for the plane to take off at 20 minutes after the hour. then it was scheduled to land in washington d.c. at 7:30 eastern time tonight. then senator mccain s casket
biden, also spoke. listen to this. above all, we understood the same thing. all politics is personal. it s all about trust. i trusted john with my life. and i would. and i think he would trust me with his. joe biden said that he and john mccain thought of themselves as brothers. brothers who often had family fights. a touching tribute. the hearse will go to sky harbor airport, his casket will be flown to washington, d.c. yesterday was a time for paying your respects to john mccain. tooled it s for arizonians to say good boo i. to john mccain. dana: thank you. we ll bring in karl rove and more began ortegas. karl, you knew john mccain very well.