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Watch: Meghan McCain, Obama, Bush Speak At John McCain’s Memorial Service

09.01.18 | 2:18 pm

Former presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama spoke at the late Sen. John McCain’s memorial service Saturday at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., as did McCain’s daughter Meghan McCain. Watch their speeches, and a feed of the full event, below:

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Matt Shuham is a reporter in TPM’s New York office. Prior to joining TPM, he was associate editor of The National Memo and an editorial intern at Rolling Stone.

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marby says:

September 1, 2018

President Obama was eloquent, dignified, and delivered several zingers about what patriotism and governmental service should really mean. I know no one from the GOP would ever say this publicly, but McConnell or one of the other of the Trump sycophants must have been thinking, “Damn, we’ve got no one who is that honorable, intelligent, humane, or honest on our side.”
littlegirlblue says:

September 1, 2018

What Meghan McCain said was memorable and necessary.

the “America of John McCain has no need to be made great again because it was always great.”

contrasted her father’s legacy with the “opportunistic appropriation” and “cheap rhetoric from men who will never come near the sacrifice he gave so willingly.”

“My father was a great man. He was a great warrior. He was a great American. I admired him for all of these things, but I love him because he was a great father.”
marby says:

September 1, 2018

Meghan’s words were memorable. However, I can’t buy into the suggestions that she should follow her Dad’s path and run for office. Just a few months ago on The View, Meghan was still using the meme “crooked Hillary” and laughing because she thinks it’s an appropriate description. She doesn’t have John McCain’s sensibilities.
littlegirlblue says:

September 1, 2018

I wouldn’t suggest or even think for a minute she should run for office. Right now she’s a daughter who misses her dad. Just for today other criticisms of her and whatever else she’s said done can be put aside
marby says:

September 1, 2018

I agree with you - she is entitled to her thouhts, words and to our support at this time. (I was just surprised by how many typically liberal commenters on other sites were suggesting that she could run for office and mend the political divisions that exist.)