deeply he cared about this country and how much he was willing to put on the line. he had proven it all throughout his life. and so that moment to me in many ways reflected the essence of who he was. yeah and this was, this was a feature not a bug as they say, of his political career. whether he was defending huma aberdeen or the khan family or standing up to his own party on torture. somehow his moral compass always seems to point due north. how remarkable figure was he? yeah is he. we ve been blessed with figures like john mccain over the course of our history. but he is, he is in that sort of american hall of fame. you know, profiles in courage was a volume for a reason.