sean: you said it to me privately, i hope you don t mind. you said in many ways the president and ham are alike. i don t know what you meant by that. pretty hard edged guys. at the end of the day sean: put out a statement earlier. i guess somebody had changed the flag at half-staff but they put it back. john kelly, i don t know if he s listening. he called right after john passed, the president tells general kelly whatever they need to have. we will talk about what does it mean for the country for john to have been in the senate. what does it mean for us to have been around him, what can we do to build on this legacy? where can i help? sean: do you notice what i ve noticed? all these people that said i supported john mccain 08. i went to work for john mccain john mccain. but all these people that are like he was the greatest i
people work with each other better. dana: the other thing he said, senator mccain had a humorous streak. he used to call lindsey graham legal jerk. i asked you if thought that was true. you said yeah. dana: yeah. my name was big jerk. tough times back then. it was different. lindsey graham gave a beautiful tribute for us to listen to. thank you for joining me today. defense secretary james mattis and general joseph dunsford holding a briefing praising john mccain. jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon. what did mattis and dunford say? it s interesting to watch the heartfelt tributes from capitol hill and hear lindsey graham speak about his friend, john mccain. no senator spent more time in
and always was willing to admit to his imperfections. plenty of democrats also emotional about senator john mccain s passing. we heard great emotion from democratic leader chuck schumer on the senate floor late yesterday. another colleague, chris coons of delaware talked about the impacts of mccain s passing. losing him has been something that although we all knew was coming at some point here has been i think difficult for many senators that served alongside him. it is my hope that we are not seeing the passing of the last of the great senators who are able and willing to put country above party and above self. losing john mccain was not a surprise after more than a year fighting brain cancer. but he was still actively engaged working the phones, calling his colleagues up until the final weeks. now that he s gone, the shock is beginning to sink in, shep. shepard: there had been discussion, mike, of changing the name of the russell office
anybody in the military can tell you the risk you take. he couldn t put his jacket on. he couldn t comb his hair because he got hurt serving a cause greater than himself. i remember how easy it is to say and how hard it is to do. how hard it is to tell your base, i think you re wrong. how hard it is to solve problems that nobody else wants to talk about. i learned that fair and success are the difference side of same coin. john told me, i have become better for my failures because it teaches us, and i ve been tempted by my success and without my failures, i would have never been successful. those that are striving as a young person, remember john mccain. he failed a lot but he never quit. the reason we re talking about