SOME PAIN AT VARIOUS TIMES DURING THESE MANY MONTHS.

DURING THESE MANY MONTHS. LET’S BRING IN CHRIS MATTHEWS,

LET’S BRING IN CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST OF "HARDBALL."

HOST OF "HARDBALL." CHRIS, ON DAYS LIKE TODAY,

CHRIS, ON DAYS LIKE TODAY, NIGHTS LIKE TONIGHT, WE THINK OF

NIGHTS LIKE TONIGHT, WE THINK OF THE GREATNESS OF THIS MAN.

THE GREATNESS OF THIS MAN. WE’VE LOST A GREAT AMERICAN

WE’VE LOST A GREAT AMERICAN PATRIOT.

PATRIOT. A GREAT PUBLIC BENT.

A GREAT PUBLIC BENT. A SENATOR.

A SENATOR. A WARRIOR.

A WARRIOR. A POLITICIAN.

A POLITICIAN. IMPERFECT HE WOULD BE THE FIRST

IMPERFECT HE WOULD BE THE FIRST TO ADMIT AND AS I WAS JUST

TO ADMIT AND AS I WAS JUST SAYING, ON THE NINTH ANNIVERSARY

SAYING, ON THE NINTH ANNIVERSARY OF TEDDY KENNEDY’S DIEGO FROM

OF TEDDY KENNEDY’S DIEGO FROM THE SAME TERRIBLE BRAIN CANCER.

THE SAME TERRIBLE BRAIN CANCER. >> WELL, WELL, I SAID THIS

>> WELL, WELL, I SAID THIS EARLIER TONIGHT.

EARLIER TONIGHT. I STILL THINK IT’S WHAT THE

I STILL THINK IT’S WHAT THE REASON PEOPLE LOVE THE

REASON PEOPLE LOVE THE GLADIATORIAL ASPECT OF POLITICS

GLADIATORIAL ASPECT OF POLITICS WHERE IT’S ONE AGAINST THE OTHER

WHERE IT’S ONE AGAINST THE OTHER AND THERE’S A REAL COMBAT TO IT

AND THERE’S A REAL COMBAT TO IT AND YOU LOOK FOR GUTS, SPIRITUAL

AND YOU LOOK FOR GUTS, SPIRITUAL GUTS.

GUTS. YOU LOOK FOR PEOPLE THAT STICK

YOU LOOK FOR PEOPLE THAT STICK TO WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN, AND BE

TO WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN, AND BE THEIR OWN PERSON.

THEIR OWN PERSON. JOHN McCAIN WAS ALWAYS HIS OWN

JOHN McCAIN WAS ALWAYS HIS OWN PERSON.

PERSON. HE WASN’T A KNEE JERK LEFTY OR

HE WASN’T A KNEE JERK LEFTY OR RIGHTY.

RIGHTY. HE DIDN’T FIT THE MOLD WHICH WAS

HE DIDN’T FIT THE MOLD WHICH WAS THERE FOR SO MANY OF THESE OTHER

THERE FOR SO MANY OF THESE OTHER POLITICIANS TO SORT OF SLIP

POLITICIANS TO SORT OF SLIP INTO.

INTO. HE WAS ALWAYS JOHN McCAIN AND HE

HE WAS ALWAYS JOHN McCAIN AND HE COULD BE DISCONCERTING.

COULD BE DISCONCERTING. YOU COULD LOVE HIM ONE DAY AND

YOU COULD LOVE HIM ONE DAY AND MAD AT HIM THE NEXT DAY BECAUSE

MAD AT HIM THE NEXT DAY BECAUSE HE WASN’T THERE TO LIKE HIM.

HE WASN’T THERE TO LIKE HIM. YOU MAY NOT LIKE HIM ON BEING

YOU MAY NOT LIKE HIM ON BEING HAWKISH BUT HE WAS ALWAYS JOHN

HAWKISH BUT HE WAS ALWAYS JOHN McCAIN.

McCAIN. WHEN I FOUND HIM TO BE A

WHEN I FOUND HIM TO BE A CHARACTER OUT OF THE MURPHYS IN

CHARACTER OUT OF THE MURPHYS IN THE SENSE THAT IF YOU WERE TO

THE SENSE THAT IF YOU WERE TO WRITE A ROMANTIC MOVIE ABOUT

WRITE A ROMANTIC MOVIE ABOUT AMERICAN POLITICS AND THE U.S.

AMERICAN POLITICS AND THE U.S. SENATE ESPECIALLY AND YOU WANTED

SENATE ESPECIALLY AND YOU WANTED TO HAVE HEROES IN IT PEOPLE THAT

TO HAVE HEROES IN IT PEOPLE THAT STOOD OUT AND HAD GUTS PROFILES

STOOD OUT AND HAD GUTS PROFILES IN COURAGE IF YOU WILL, HE HE

IN COURAGE IF YOU WILL, HE HE WOULD BE THE PERFECT CANDIDATE

WOULD BE THE PERFECT CANDIDATE IN REAL LIFE FOR THAT ROMANTIC

IN REAL LIFE FOR THAT ROMANTIC ROLE.

ROLE. HE WAS THE CLASSIC U.S. SENATOR.

HE WAS THE CLASSIC U.S. SENATOR. IF YOU EVER WANT TO GROW UP TO

IF YOU EVER WANT TO GROW UP TO BE A SENATOR, YOU WOULD WANT TO

BE A SENATOR, YOU WOULD WANT TO GROW UP TO BE JOHN McCAIN.

GROW UP TO BE JOHN McCAIN. YOU WOULDN’T GROW UP TO BE JUST

YOU WOULDN’T GROW UP TO BE JUST ONE OF THE VOTES FOR EITHER

ONE OF THE VOTES FOR EITHER PARTY.

PARTY. YOU WANTED TO BE SOMEONE WHO HOW

YOU WANTED TO BE SOMEONE WHO HOW ARE THEY GOING TO VOTE.

ARE THEY GOING TO VOTE. I LIKED THE FACT THAT HE WAS A

I LIKED THE FACT THAT HE WAS A STATESMAN.

STATESMAN. EVEN HE COULD CAN BE TOUGH ON

EVEN HE COULD CAN BE TOUGH ON UPON ADDS BITTER AT TIMES, HE

UPON ADDS BITTER AT TIMES, HE DID STAND UP FOR HIS OPPONENT

DID STAND UP FOR HIS OPPONENT BARACK OBAMA AT A COUPLE OF

BARACK OBAMA AT A COUPLE OF CRITICAL MOMENTS.

CRITICAL MOMENTS. ONE WAS WHEN THAT WOMAN IN THE

ONE WAS WHEN THAT WOMAN IN THE CROWD SAID HE WAS A ARAB AND

CROWD SAID HE WAS A ARAB AND MEANT THAT IN THE WORST POSSIBLE

MEANT THAT IN THE WORST POSSIBLE WAY.

WAY. HE COULD HE HAVE GONE ALONG WITH

HE COULD HE HAVE GONE ALONG WITH THAT SLUR TO HER.

THAT SLUR TO HER. AND INSTEAD HE SAID NO, HE’S A

AND INSTEAD HE SAID NO, HE’S A DECENT MAN.

DECENT MAN. THAT IS SO RARE IN POLITICS

THAT IS SO RARE IN POLITICS TODAY.

TODAY. HE ALSO GAVE A MOST WONDERFUL

HE ALSO GAVE A MOST WONDERFUL TESTIMONIAL TO BARACK OBAMA

TESTIMONIAL TO BARACK OBAMA WHETHER HE THEY WERE GOING HEAD

WHETHER HE THEY WERE GOING HEAD TO HEAD BAY COUPLE WEEKS BEFORE

TO HEAD BAY COUPLE WEEKS BEFORE ELECTION IN 2008.

ELECTION IN 2008. HE WAS AT THE AL SMITH DINNER.

HE WAS AT THE AL SMITH DINNER. I WAS THERE AND I REMEMBER I

I WAS THERE AND I REMEMBER I WENT BACK AND DUG IT UP.

WENT BACK AND DUG IT UP. I HOPE EVERYBODY GETS TO SEE IT

I HOPE EVERYBODY GETS TO SEE IT AGAIN.

AGAIN. IT WAS THE MOST GRAND

IT WAS THE MOST GRAND ENDORSEMENT

ENDORSEMENT ENDORSEMENT -- THAT’S NOT THE

ENDORSEMENT -- THAT’S NOT THE RIGHT WORD, TESTIMONIAL TO HIS

RIGHT WORD, TESTIMONIAL TO HIS OPPONENT THAT YOU DON’T HEAR

OPPONENT THAT YOU DON’T HEAR TODAY.

TODAY. IT WAS WONDERFUL.

IT WAS WONDERFUL. HE DID IT KNOWING THAT HE WAS

HE DID IT KNOWING THAT HE WAS MUCH THE UNDERDOG AS YOU FELLOW

MUCH THE UNDERDOG AS YOU FELLOW IN TWO AND A HALF WEEKS BEFORE

IN TWO AND A HALF WEEKS BEFORE THE ELECTION, THE MARKET WAS

THE ELECTION, THE MARKET WAS DROPPING AND EVERYTHING WAS

DROPPING AND EVERYTHING WAS GOING HAIRWAY AND HE WAS PAYING

GOING HAIRWAY AND HE WAS PAYING THE BRUNT OF IT.

THE BRUNT OF IT. I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE BEST OF

I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE BEST OF JOHN McCAIN.

JOHN McCAIN. >> AND CHRIS, THE FACT THAT HE

>> AND CHRIS, THE FACT THAT HE HAS STILL BEEN A FORCE IN THIS

HAS STILL BEEN A FORCE IN THIS LAST YEAR, EVEN WHILE HE’S

LAST YEAR, EVEN WHILE HE’S SUFFERING FROM THIS BRAIN

SUFFERING FROM THIS BRAIN CANCER, FIGHTING CANCER,

CANCER, FIGHTING CANCER, CERTAINLY IN HIS VOTE AGAINST

CERTAINLY IN HIS VOTE AGAINST THE REPEAL OF OBAMACARE LAST

THE REPEAL OF OBAMACARE LAST JULY 28th, BUT ALSO A YEAR AGO

JULY 28th, BUT ALSO A YEAR AGO JULY 28th, 2017, BUT IN HIS

JULY 28th, 2017, BUT IN HIS SPEECH THAT SPEECH IN JULY IN

SPEECH THAT SPEECH IN JULY IN HIS STATEMENT AFTER HELSINKI, HE

HIS STATEMENT AFTER HELSINKI, HE HAS TRIED TO HOLD THE WHITE

HAS TRIED TO HOLD THE WHITE HOUSE TO ACCOUNT FOR THINGS THAT

HOUSE TO ACCOUNT FOR THINGS THAT HE, McCAIN BELIEVES IN.

HE, McCAIN BELIEVES IN. >> WELL, YOU KNOW, I DON’T WANT

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, I DON’T WANT TO SAY WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS

TO SAY WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS SAYING ABOUT LIFE THESE DAYS BUT

SAYING ABOUT LIFE THESE DAYS BUT THERE WAS A QUOESHT OF DEENCY IN

THERE WAS A QUOESHT OF DEENCY IN POLITICS TILL RECENTLY WHERE YOU

POLITICS TILL RECENTLY WHERE YOU DIDN’T MAKE FWUN OF YOUR

DIDN’T MAKE FWUN OF YOUR OPPONENT’S APPEARANCE ESPECIALLY

OPPONENT’S APPEARANCE ESPECIALLY MAYBE IF YOU’RE A MALE AND

MAYBE IF YOU’RE A MALE AND MAKING FUN OF A WOMAN’S

MAKING FUN OF A WOMAN’S APPEARANCE OR SOMETHING AS

APPEARANCE OR SOMETHING AS LOWDOWN AS THAT.

LOWDOWN AS THAT. YOU DIDN’T MAKE UP NICKNAMES

YOU DIDN’T MAKE UP NICKNAMES ABOUT YOUR OPPONENTS OR DRIVE

ABOUT YOUR OPPONENTS OR DRIVE THEM INTO THE MUD.

THEM INTO THE MUD. YOU OUT ARGUED THEM.

YOU OUT ARGUED THEM. YOU MADE YOUR CASE.

YOU MADE YOUR CASE. YOU DIDN’T COMMISHMINISH THEIR B

YOU DIDN’T COMMISHMINISH THEIR B McCAIN WAS THAT OLD SCHOOL.

McCAIN WAS THAT OLD SCHOOL. HE WAS BEATEN UP IN THAT 2000

HE WAS BEATEN UP IN THAT 2000 ELECTION THEY WENT AFTER HIS

ELECTION THEY WENT AFTER HIS FAMILY, THEY SAID HE HAD HAD AN

FAMILY, THEY SAID HE HAD HAD AN ILLEGITIMATE DAUGHTER.

ILLEGITIMATE DAUGHTER. TURNED OUT IT WAS SOMEONE

TURNED OUT IT WAS SOMEONE EVERYONE SOUTH ASIA HE HAD

EVERYONE SOUTH ASIA HE HAD ADOPTED.

ADOPTED. THEY HAD ADOPTED BUT THEY SPREAD

THEY HAD ADOPTED BUT THEY SPREAD THE RUMORS IN SOUTH CAROLINA IN

THE RUMORS IN SOUTH CAROLINA IN THAT PRIMARY THAT IT WAS HIS

THAT PRIMARY THAT IT WAS HIS ILLEGITIMATE DAUGHTER.

ILLEGITIMATE DAUGHTER. THEY SAID HIS WIFE HAD DRUG

THEY SAID HIS WIFE HAD DRUG PROBLEMS THROWING EVERYTHING AT

PROBLEMS THROWING EVERYTHING AT HIM.

HIM. HE STILL STUCK WITH POLITICS.

HE STILL STUCK WITH POLITICS. HE CAME BACK AGAIN AFTER HE

HE CAME BACK AGAIN AFTER HE ALMOST GOT KNOCKED OFF IN 2008

ALMOST GOT KNOCKED OFF IN 2008 AND KEPT GOING AND GOING AND

AND KEPT GOING AND GOING AND WOULDN’T QUIT.

WOULDN’T QUIT. I THINK THAT ENDURANCE THAT HE

I THINK THAT ENDURANCE THAT HE SHOW OVER THE HANOI HILTON ALL

SHOW OVER THE HANOI HILTON ALL THOSE YEARS WHERE HE WAS GETTING

THOSE YEARS WHERE HE WAS GETTING BEAT UP AND TORTURED AND

BEAT UP AND TORTURED AND BASICALLY CRIPPLED BOBABOVE HIS

BASICALLY CRIPPLED BOBABOVE HIS WAIST, HE STUCK WITH IT AND HAD

WAIST, HE STUCK WITH IT AND HAD A SENSE OF HUMOR.

A SENSE OF HUMOR. HE WAS A TOUGH GUY.

HE WAS A TOUGH GUY. I THINK HAD HE SOME BITTERNESS

I THINK HAD HE SOME BITTERNESS BUT DIDN’T LET IT DRIVE HIM.

BUT DIDN’T LET IT DRIVE HIM. I THINK HE RESENTED PEOPLE LIKE

I THINK HE RESENTED PEOPLE LIKE W AND PEOPLE THAT DIDN’T BE IN

W AND PEOPLE THAT DIDN’T BE IN VIETNAM THE WAY DID HE BUT

VIETNAM THE WAY DID HE BUT SEEMED TO COME OUT ON TOP.

SEEMED TO COME OUT ON TOP. I’M SURE HE DID.

I’M SURE HE DID. BUT AS THE PUBLIC MAN WAS A HERO

BUT AS THE PUBLIC MAN WAS A HERO AND A GRABBED HERO AS OUR

AND A GRABBED HERO AS OUR COLLEAGUES SAID EARLIER TONIGHT.

COLLEAGUES SAID EARLIER TONIGHT. HE HAD A GRANDNESS TO HIM,

HE HAD A GRANDNESS TO HIM, SOMETHING OUT OF THE MOVIES.

SOMETHING OUT OF THE MOVIES. >> YOU REFERENCED THAT AL SMITH

>> YOU REFERENCED THAT AL SMITH DINNER 2008.

DINNER 2008. OF COURSE, A CAMPAIGN YEAR YOU

OF COURSE, A CAMPAIGN YEAR YOU WERE THERE.

WERE THERE. WE’VE GOT SOME OF THAT TAPE.

WE’VE GOT SOME OF THAT TAPE. LET’S PLAY THAT TESTIMONIAL TO

LET’S PLAY THAT TESTIMONIAL TO BARACK OBAMA BY HIS COMPETITOR,

BARACK OBAMA BY HIS COMPETITOR, JOHN McCAIN.

JOHN McCAIN. >> I DON’T WANT IT GETTING OUT

>> I DON’T WANT IT GETTING OUT OF THIS ROOM THAT MY OPPONENT IS

OF THIS ROOM THAT MY OPPONENT IS AN IMPRESSIVE FELLOW IN MANY

AN IMPRESSIVE FELLOW IN MANY WAYS.

WAYS. POLITICAL OPPONENTS HAVE A

POLITICAL OPPONENTS HAVE A LITTLE TROUBLE SEEING THE BEST

LITTLE TROUBLE SEEING THE BEST IN EACH OTHER, BUT I’VE HAD A

IN EACH OTHER, BUT I’VE HAD A FEW GRIMSES OF THIS MAN AT HIS

FEW GRIMSES OF THIS MAN AT HIS BEST AND I ADMIRE HIS GREAT

BEST AND I ADMIRE HIS GREAT SKILL, ENERGY AND DETERMINATION.

SKILL, ENERGY AND DETERMINATION. IT’S NOT FOR NOTHING THAT HE’S

IT’S NOT FOR NOTHING THAT HE’S INSPIRED SO MANY FOLKS IN HIS

INSPIRED SO MANY FOLKS IN HIS OWN PARTY AND BEYOND.

OWN PARTY AND BEYOND. SENATOR OBAMA TALKING ABOUT

SENATOR OBAMA TALKING ABOUT MAKING HISTORY.

MAKING HISTORY. AND HE’S MADE QUITE A BIST OF IT

AND HE’S MADE QUITE A BIST OF IT ALREADY.

ALREADY. THERE WAS A TIME WHEN THE MERE

THERE WAS A TIME WHEN THE MERE INVITATION OF AN

INVITATION OF AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN CITIZEN TO DINE

AFRICAN-AMERICAN CITIZEN TO DINE AT THE WHITE HOUSE WAS TAKEN AS

AT THE WHITE HOUSE WAS TAKEN AS AN OUTRAGE AND AN INSULT.

AN OUTRAGE AND AN INSULT. IN MANY CORRIDORS.

IN MANY CORRIDORS. TODAY, IS A WORLD AWAY FROM THE

TODAY, IS A WORLD AWAY FROM THE CRUEL AND PRIDEFUL BIGOTRY OF

CRUEL AND PRIDEFUL BIGOTRY OF THAT TIME AND GOOD RIDDANCE.

THAT TIME AND GOOD RIDDANCE. I CAN’T WISH MY OPPONENT LUCK,

I CAN’T WISH MY OPPONENT LUCK, BUT I DO WISH HIM WELL.

BUT I DO WISH HIM WELL. >> CHRIS, THAT I’M GLAD YOU

>> CHRIS, THAT I’M GLAD YOU BROUGHT TLAUP BECAUSE THAT IS