mission anymore. i wanted to get your thoughts on that. his time in public service, to the energized him? to that prolonged him? well, you know, the fascinating ring about senator mccain is that he had the ability never to look back. he obviously had a lot of setbacks in life. his time being a prisoner for, being tweeted so brutally as some of your colleagues were talking about. yet, when he s in the senate 20 years later he s able to put all that aside in support president clinton and normalizing relations with vietnam because he felt it was in the national interest. if you had to in capsule what he believed it came in the second campaign, 2008, the title of the campaign was country first. you can disagree and he
let s not forget as democrats say barack obama and joe biden say one thing and on trump is at odds with john mccain lived a full life, through elbows around and not going back to his neighbor days but 60 years of service all told between military and the u.s. house, senate and i mentioned a few moments ago i checked what you were talking to other guests his grandmother, navy admiral john mccain senior, was on the uss missouri on september 2nd, 1945 when the japanese rendered. as suggested, senator mccain told me he died four days later, as he left the service. john mccain s father, admiral john mccain junior, earned the silver star in world war ii and died in a military aircraft over the north atlantic as his own service in the navy was ending. i mentioned that because john mccain was open in his later years about talking about how he
john: his term will expire in 2022, so another four years for whomever the governor chooses? i think the way the law reads the governor will appoint and that person will serve until now until the next election. there s not enough time for this election so that means that the will come up in 2020. i gather, i guess it would be for two years and have to run again. that s what were looking at. it ll be a governor s appointment within the same party to go to the next regular election which would be 2020. john: so, there will be two new senators from the state of arizona, jeff flake is retiring and john mccain is now passed away, as of this evening. there are some who say this could be an opportunity for democratic pickup. do you see that? yeah, i definitely see that.
how i had this conversation with former senator john kyle and he served in the senate for 18 years together and he said we did a lot and travel to places and at the moment this was before his passing he said there was not much silver in this cloud but what there was that he was in a place that was his favorite on earth. this was his ranch. he loved the barbecue and the sound of the creek and the water there and the animals and the hawks and eagles and the little dog and all of that meant so much to him. that s a place where he received family and friends and the people who are by his side including megan mccain, his daughter, we ve been talking about because she was part of the fox family such a long time and special to so many people at fox and also without a statement talking about her father and saying i was with my father at
people underestimate and i know so many senators, republicans and democrats, whose worldview has been shaped by john mccain. he s taken them under his wings and armed services committee has been a tersely bipartisan and gives everybody their voice. takes him on trips and even the liberal democrat come away from that not necessarily agreeing on politics across the board but john having a better understanding of why it s important for our country to stand up for the cause of freedom around the world. i could give you a list of names of offenders who i know their worldview has been shaped by their tutelage and their experiences with senator john