battles a privilege. an opportunity to serve as stewards of those ideals here at home and to be our best to advance them around the world. mccain we are told played an active role in planning the service from asking former rivals president obama and george w. bush to eulogize him. to having his favorite poe one he cited. the key verse from robert louis stevenson here he lies where he longed to be. home is the sailor from the sea and the hunter home from the hill. cnn senior white house correspondent jeff zeleny joins us now. jeff, what stood out to you. i believe the eulogiy from meghan mccain was poignant and personal seerg and emotional a fatherwell to her father but also an implicit message for the man not there.
did i lay gladly and die. lay me down with a will. be with this diverse a grave for me, here he lies, where you want me to be. home is the sailor, home from the sea. and the hunter home from the hill. [music]
i laid me down with the will. be this the verse you grave for me. here he lieings where he long to be. home is the sailor, home from the see. and the hunter home from the hill.
i believe robert lewis stevenson best captured the spirit of today when he wrote, under the wide and starry skied dig the grave and let me lie. glad did i live and gladly die and i laid me down with a will. this be the verse you grave for me, here lies where i long to be, home is the sailor, home from the sea and the hunter home from the hill. ladies and gentlemen, it is my privilege and honor to introduce our commander in chief, president donald trump. [ applause ]