service. what i like to look at for many of our leaders and a look at this present time, as well, how they are family first. the one thing about john mccain, he always stood up for his family and stood up for his country. that s what leadership is all about. john: he was a hero as well as a patriot. eric beach, thank you. thank you for having me. john: joining us now on the phone, former arizona senator john kyle, served in the senate alongside other mccain from 1995 until 2013. senator kyle, i m sure you will miss this man. i really am. we all knew it was coming but once the reality sets in, it s a different proposition. we will miss him very much. john: arizona was very much in his blood. he loved the state. he loved his ranch. you know, he came here as an
outsider, in fact, ran in a primary for the house of representatives simply outworked the other three candidates all of whom had long records in arizona. he won his first election. he served two terms in the house and went on to the senate, of course. it was his adopted state but he loved it greatly. he enjoyed the people and loved the state itself and the environment and native american culture and his beloved ranch. hidden valley is what is called, oak creek canyon. john: and he very much loved veterans and those in the service. he was as armed service committee chairman, in a position to be able to do an awful lot for them and he never forgot the men and women who are serving the armed forces of this
john mccain is survived by his wife cindy and seven children. in washington, mike emanuel, fox news. john: we mentioned the john mccain was shot down over vietnam and prisoner of war, spent five and half years in the hanoi hilton. chad pegram is our senior capital producer and he joins us now from washington. you said that the senate will drape a black cloth over senator mccain in the senate. anything else we know about arrangements there? right. one thing we ve been hearing we ve not had something like this in several years will be exciting to lay in state in the capitol rotunda. you people who lay in state and lay in on her. only three people have laid in honor, one step below billy graham, the most recent. that was last year after he passed away. earlier this year. sometime, probably in the next
with a senator, john mccain, because although he was tortured and suffered severely in the hanoi hilton he had a lot of time to think. absolutely. i remember of you to go with a worked on the federal foreign affairs bill and he was front and center in frustrated that the people were being sent off to war and the words the appropriate mechanisms here in washington with the department of veterans affairs to address that. a lot of this stemmed from the va scandal in his home state of arizona. i want to tell people there was a light side of john mccain, also. remember there was a story about how we lived in northern virginia, just across the river here, and he was seen shopping, pushing his own grocery cart at shoppers food warehouse in the strip all across the river. i remember standing outside the russell office building of years ago and he was getting into his car there is a dent in his car.
week or so we ve been hearing there will be services in multiple places and that s a big deal. the last person to lay in the state was [inaudible], democratic editor from hawaii who died in december 2012. we will have that make their money here for people to violence and they bring up what they call cloth for a big wooden platform which they use for president lincoln s role and position the casket right in the middle of the capitol rotunda. there are formal ceremonies typically in the public can file by. there is an honor guard the keeps watch over the body 247. there have not a lot of people besides president lane in state in the capital but that is something in a very public thing that people can come to and get in line and pay your specs to senator mccain. we expect that sometime in the next few days. the senate will come back at 4:00 o clock on monday afternoon and a lot of senators don t get back in october before votes and there will be both at 5:30 but