is having my brother work underneath the leadership of john mccain was such a beautiful testament of his willingness to embrace soldiers. i remember one time, when lady, we had some constituents and from south carolina who thought he was the guy that hung the moon better than sliced bread and they were so nervous about asking for a picture, so i walked up with john about him outside. we were all frustrated, it was a long night, and john stopped his frustration, they started smiling and you felt this warmth overtake the room as john embraced his constituents who had waited just to take one simple picture with john mccain, it made their night and is and as the picture was over, we went back in there and started fighting over the issues. sandra: what is the senate look like? as we do hear his colleagues including yourself share these memories of senator mccain, what does the senate look like with his absence now? how have things changed?
inspirational beacon and defender of liberty, all human beings and their right to freedom and equal justice. that is the cause of that binds us and is so much more powerful and worthy than the small differences that divide us. sandra: that s john mccain on the senate floor last year where he called for bipartisanship and to also criticize president trump s policies. in the late senator and the president were often at odds with mccain living up to his reputation as a maverick who was never afraid to speak his mind. newt gingrich is the former speaker of the house and author of the new book trumps america in a fox news contributor. great to have you on the program this morning, my condolences to you, john mccain was a man you came to know very well and we are all remembering him this morning and we remember him as a man who was never afraid to speak his mind and he wasn t a straight shooter. i ve known john in the congress since 1982 when he was