these members of congress, you know, speaking it s so refreshing and beautiful to hear them speaking from the heart from their good friend. reporter: absolutely. it was such an emotional moment from senator graham there and i think especially poignant giving the speech on the senate floor just about one foot from the desk of the late senator mccain. a reminder to senator graham of one of his closest friends. and when we heard the news, of course, of senator john mccain s passing, think of his family first and second a lot of people in this building would agree you think of senator lindsey graham. they were so linked together. best friends here in the senate. always together. working on things together. and their closeness, their friendship was one that really defied politics. it was outside of this chamber here in the senate, outside of washington beltway politics. it really defied politics and