It just is somebody that was so unique. I dont know what really shaped him. I dont know if it was his father, i dont know if it was the time. You didnt want to spend a lot of time talking about being in the hanoi hilton. He didnt want to talk too much about that. He just had a very quiet pride and a great humility and great sense of humor. A great determination. And great strength. You may have read all of the statements coming from former president s. But if thats any indication ive person that Wwas Boabove P statements from the clones, statements from barack obama as well as every george w. Bush all of these folks not necessarily in the history of his relationships with them were always good necessarily. Well, look the thing youve got to realize, this is something that is missing in todays politics. Being willing to stand up and take a principled position you know that was rational, something that made sense, it earns Great Respect. Even among people that dont agree with you. The abi
a period of months liking there since he spent five and a half years as a p.o.w. during the vietnam war. this quiet time in the twilight of his life put him in a place he has loved for so many years. i am told this procession we re watching is headed to phoenix. where the mccains also have a home there and a home base and a political life that has inspired him from his time in the house and now six terms in the senate. there will be a series of events over the next days, part of that first farewell formally will be for the people of arizona. one of the things that has always struck me about covering john mccain, we see him as a national figure a place he earned. but when i would talk to him, he always talked about the people of arizona, their issues, their concerns, the way they have known him. in this state, we will feel it personally. he s been a controversial figure here in the party. he never shied away every that. in fact, he often embraced it said he enjoyed the fight.
they were listening to the bombast on television on cable, television on radio, on the internet and not trusting each other and not working across the aisle. you re thoughts about john mccain, the legislator. the legislator is someone who will his lack of presence in washington will be missed. my thoughts go to his family. when you think about the project that he focused on as a lawmaker in the chamber, he so loved, the u.s. senate, he stands in stark contrast to the republican party as it is today. he is someone who worried about the gop direction on taxes. though he was a traditional republican at his core, on issues like immigration, a decade ago in 2007, he worked soy hard to try to get his party to move toward the center on immigration on foreign policy, he was such a hawk, someone who valued international alliances.
he, mccain believes in. well, you know, i don t want to say what everybody else is saying about life these days but there was a quoesht of deency in politics till recently where you didn t make fwun of your opponent s appearance especially maybe if you re a male and making fun of a woman s appearance or something as lowdown as that. you didn t make up nicknames about your opponents or drive them into the mud. you out argued them. you made your case. you didn t commiminish their be. mccain was that old school. he was beaten up in that 2000 election they went after his family, they said he had had an illegitimate daughter. turned out it was someone everyone south asia he had adopted. they had adopted but they spread the rumors in south carolina in that primary that it was his illegitimate daughter.
new hampshire and it was south carolina that made the difference for george w. bush. it did strain the relationship but john mccain was someone who understood the importance of recognizing challenges and looking for opportunities to mend fences anton produce good. and so he did have the courage to take a step toward you rather than run away from you. even after he had been in a fight. he wasn t coming toward you to fight. he was coming forward to say, is there a way we can find common ground and work together. sometime he he was pretty an serb b serbic. whether he it came to the war in iraq, he was frustrated by some of the tactics. he was frustrated by some of the strategy. he was frustrated by the secretary of defense. and we all knew that. but he was candid about speaking about it to us but he was constructive in his criticism. he would offer solutions or