with andrea mitchell and chuck todd, one of the words that came out was grand, that is what john mccain and who he was and how he exhibited the way he would work day to day, he was grand. >> well, this came faster than i thought and i think that's pretty good. i was thinking another way of saying the same thing, in a way john mccain was a mixed bag like we all are and we all had been covering him and getting to know him and actually being his friend sometimes, he was to me i think i read a nolte to him -- i think he is what we think of as a u.s. senator like in the movies, like a romantic notion of it, of an independent courageous profile in courage, a guy or a woman who really speaks of themselves and stick to their