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Joe Biden: "I always thought of John as a brother"
Joe Biden: "I always thought of John as a brother"
Former Vice President Joe Biden, speaking to mourners, said his relationship with Sen. John McCain was deeper than just colleagues on Capitol Hill.
"The way I look at it, the way I thought about it was that I always thought of John as a brother," Biden said. "We had a hell of a lot of family fights. We go back a long way."
Biden met McCain while working as a young senator. The two traveled together, talked about politics and shared ambitions, he said.
"All politics is personal. It's all about trust. I trusted John with my life and I would and I think he would trust me with his," Biden said.
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1:57 p.m. ET, August 30, 2018
Listen to a hymn performed by a Navajo flutist
During the ceremony, Navajo flutist Jonah Littlesunday performed the hymn “Expression of Love."
There are multiple musical performances planned during the service, including a bagpiper.
2:01 p.m. ET, August 30, 2018
McCain judged people on the "merits of their character" not their backgrounds, NFL player says
Arizona Cardinals player Larry Fitzgerald, Jr. paid tribute to his friend John McCain by highlighting their differences — and pointing out that the late senator looked past them.
"Many people might wonder what a young African-American kid from Minnesota and a highly decorated Vietnam War hero-turned-United States senator might have in common. Well, I thought of a few: I’m black. He was white. I’m young. He wasn’t so young. He lived with physical limitations brought on by war. I’m a professional athlete. He ran for President. I run out of bounds."
So why were they friends? "That’s just who he is," Fitzgerald said.
He continued: "He didn’t judge individuals based on the color of their skin, their gender, their backgrounds, their political affiliations, or their bank accounts. He evaluated them on the merits of their character and the contents of their hearts."
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1:35 p.m. ET, August 30, 2018
McCain's former chief of staff: "Arizona loved him"
John McCain's former chief of staff Grant Woods remembered McCain and time spent on elections in his home state of Arizona.
"He loved this place. And if John McCain fell in love with Arizona, Arizona fell in love with John McCain. We ran a lot of races here, a lot of elections. He never lost. Never really very close. Arizona loved him," Woods said.
Woods went on to share a more lighthearted story about the first time McCain ran for Senate. He said there was only one "little blip" in his election history in the state.
"He called me on the phone and goes, 'Well, boy, I think I might have screwed up,'" Woods remembered.
Woods said he asked what McCain meant.
McCain said he had been talking to students and the University of Arizona about how most politicians would visit retirement homes instead of universities.
"He said, well, 'It's because you guys don't vote. Those other dudes vote, like, 100%, you know. So you want people to come down here? You need to vote like they vote out at 'Seizure World,'" Woods recalled.
A retirement community in the area was named "Leisure World," Woods added.
"They weren't real happy with their new nickname out there," Woods joked.
After admitting he messed up, Woods said the two visited a retirement community.
"And so we went out. I remember we drove in, and there was about a 90-year-old guy in a golf cart right there, and he was giving us the finger. Little did he know we both said 'That's great.' We loved that. And John was like, 'Hey, good to see you,'" Woods said.
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1:32 p.m. ET, August 30, 2018
Listen to students sing "Amazing Grace" for McCain
At the start of the late Sen. John McCain's funeral, the Brophy Student Ensemble sang "Amazing Grace."
They'll perform once more during the service, with the song "Arizona." A bagpiper and a flutist are also set to perform.
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1:30 p.m. ET, August 30, 2018
McCain's Phoenix service has begun. Here's the program schedule.
A military honor guard carries the casket into the North Phoenix Baptist Church for a memorial service for Sen. John McCain on Aug. 30, 2018, in Phoenix.
Rev. Noe Garcia, the senior pastor at North Phoenix Baptist Church, started Sen. John McCain's memorial service with brief remarks. After that, the Brophy Student Ensemble sang "Amazing Grace."
Here's the schedule for the rest of the service:
Bridget McCain will give a reading.
There will be a tribute by Grant Woods
There will be another tribute by Tommy Espinoza
Jonah Littlesunday, a Navajo flutist, will perform “Expression of Love”
Arizona Cardinals player Larry Fitzgerald, Jr. will speak
Former Vice President Joe Biden will speak
Andrew McCain will give a reading
The Brophy Student Ensemble will perform “Arizona"
Father Edward Reese will speak
Jay Smith will perform "Going Home" on bagpipe
Garcia, the senior pastor, will give the benediction
1:02 p.m. ET, August 30, 2018
Members of the Arizona National Guard carry McCain's casket into church
The late Sen. John McCain family stood just feet from his memorial service and watched solemnly as members of the Arizona National Guard carried his casket into the North Phoenix Baptist Church.
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12:50 p.m. ET, August 30, 2018
She's attending McCain's service because he represented what's "good about America"
From CNN's Paul P. Murphy
In this file photo, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) speaks at a town hall meeting in Aug. 12, 2008 in York, Pennsylvania.
Jannah Scott arrived early Thursday to the North Phoenix Baptist Church to remember the life of Sen. John McCain at his memorial service.
"I wanted to honor this significant man," she told CNN. "He represented so much that is good about Arizona and that is good about America."
Scott recalled her most profound memory of McCain -- from Oct. 10, 2008 -- when he cut off a supporter at a town hall event who said she could not trust Obama because she thought he was an Arab, amid conspiracy theories suggesting that the Democrat had not been not born in America.
“No ma’am,” McCain interrupted. “He’s a decent family man, a citizen that I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues, and that’s what this campaign is all about.”
Scott, who is the executive director of the Arizona Faith Network, said McCain's actions that day stood out.
"In doing so he also stood up or Muslims in America who were being greatly disparaged in that time. He could have capitalized on untruth as so many and politics do but he chose to stand for truth and for that that I always honor life and his legacy."
12:34 p.m. ET, August 30, 2018
Sarah Palin was not invited to McCain services
From CNN's Kyle Feldscher, Antoine Sanfuentes and Kevin Bohn
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is not invited to any of the memorial services for her former running mate, Arizona Sen. John McCain, a source tells CNN.
Palin was rocketed onto the national stage in the summer of 2008 after McCain seemingly picked her out of obscurity to be his running mate in the presidential race he would eventually lose to Barack Obama.
A source close to the Palin family said: “Out of respect for Sen. McCain and his family we have nothing to add at this point. The Palin family will always cherish their friendship with the McCains and hold those memories dear.”
Palin mourned McCain in a tweet Saturday night after his death, calling him an "American original" who "inspired others to serve something greater than self."
