Name: Chris Matthews Reflects On The ‘Greatness’ Of Senator John McCain | Hardball | MSNBC
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AND THAT HAS PROBABLY CAUSED SOME PAIN AT VARIOUS TIMES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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