♪OUR
♪OUR LOVE
♪OUR LOVE ENDS MY FRIENDS ALL SAY AND DO, ALL SAY MY PLACE
FOR THIS I'M CERTAIN I'VE LIVED
I'VE LIVED MY LIFE THIS FALL I
HAVE TRAVELED EACH AND EVERY
HIGHWAY AND WALKED MUCH MORE
THAN THIS AND I DID IT MY WAY.
REGRETS, I'VE HAD A FEW.
BUT THEN AGAIN, TOO FEW TO
MENTION.
MENTION.
MENTION. I DID WHAT I HAD TO DO AND SO
THROUGH WITHOUT EXEMPTION.
-- SAW IT THROUGH WITHOUT
EXEMPTION.
EXEMPTION. I PLANNED EACH CHARTED COURSE,
EACH CAREFUL STEP ALONG THE
BYWAY.
BYWAY.
BYWAY. AND MORE, MUCH MORE THAN THIS,
I DID IT MY WAY.
♪ YES, THERE WERE TIMES, I'M
SURE YOU KNEW, WHEN I BIT OFF
MORE THAN I COULD CHEW, BUT
THROUGH IT ALL, WHEN THERE WAS
DOUBT, I ATE IT UP AND SPIT IT
OUT, I FACED AT ALL AND I STOOD
TALL AND DID IT MY
I'VE
I'VE LOVED, I HAVE LAUGHED AND CRIED, I'VE HAD MY FILL, MY
SHARE OF LOSING.
AND NOW, AS TO EUROPE'S -- AS
TEARS SUBSIDE, I FIND IT ALL SO
AMUSING.
AMUSING.
AMUSING. TO THINK I DID ALL THAT AND MAY
I SAY NOT IN A SHY WAY.
OH NO, OH NO, NOT ME, I DID IT
MY WAY.
MY WAY.
MY WAY. FOR WHAT IS A MAN, WHAT HAS HE
GOD IF NOT HIMSELF, -- WHAT HAS
HE GOT IF NOT HIMSELF, THEN HE
HAS
BACK
BACK A
BACK A LIVE AT THE PHOENIX BAPTIST CHURCH, IT SHOULDN'T BE
LOST ON ANY OF US AS YOU LOOK
AT THE PALLBEARERS WAITING TO
RECEIVE SENATOR McCAIN'S BODY,
THE SENATOR CHOSE THE SONG MY
WAY TO CLOSE OUT THE SURFACE --
SERVICE AND HE LIVED THOSE
LYRICS.
LYRICS.
LYRICS. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL BUT GOT
RETCHING SERVICE AND I REALLY
LOVED WHAT FORMER VICE
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SAID.
HE SAID JOHN BELIEVED IN US,
AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, OUR
RESILIENCE AND DETERMINATION,
AND IN THE END WE ARE MORE LIKE
A DIFFERENT AND WE CAN OVERCOME
ANYTHING.
ANYTHING.
ANYTHING. AND NOW THIS MAN WHO ENDURED SO
MUCH AND EXPERIENCED SO MUCH
HEADS TO WASHINGTON AND
EVENTUALLY ANNAPOLIS IN HIS
FINAL RESTING PLACE.
FOLLOWED
FOLLOWED BY HIS CASKET, JOHN'S WIFE CINDY, SONS AND DAUGHTERS,
SEVEN CHILDREN AND ALL FROM TWO
MARRIAGES, SEVEN CHILDREN THAT
HE LOVED AND ADORED AND WHO
LOVED HIM AND ADORED HIM RIGHT
BACK.
BACK.
BACK. IT'S BEEN SAID MAYBE TOO OFTEN
BUT IT BEARS REPEATING IT WAS A
LIFE WELL LIVED, JOHN McCAIN.
THERE IS THE FORMER VICE
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND HIS
WIFE, FLANKED BY FORMER ARIZONA
ATTORNEY GENERAL GRANT WOODS
WHO REALLY GAVE A BEAUTIFUL,
STIRRING SPEECH.
STIRRING SPEECH. GRANT WOODS, ONE OF HIS BEST
FRIENDS, WHO RAN HIS CAMPAIGNS
FOR HIM.
FOR HIM.
FOR HIM. TOMMY ESPINOZA, THE LATINO
LEADER WHO ALSO SPOKE TODAY, SO
ELOQUENTLY.
ELOQUENTLY. WHAT AN HONOR FOR THESE MEN WHO
ONE DAY WILL TELL THE STORY TO
THEIR GRANDCHILDREN, THEY HAD
THE GREAT HONOR OF BEING THE
GUARD THAT CARRIED THE
SENATOR'S BODY, TO THE HURST
THAT FROM HERE WILL TAKE HIM TO
SKY HARBOR WHERE HE WILL FLY TO
WASHINGTON FOR THE FINAL TIME,
FLIGHT HE MADE IT MANY TIMES
BUT THIS WILL BE THE LAST ONE,
AND THEN FROM WASHINGTON WHERE
HE WILL LIE IN STATE IN THE
ROTUNDA TOMORROW, A FUNERAL AT
THE NATIONAL CATHEDRAL AND THEN
ON TO ANNAPOLIS WHERE BUCKING
FAMILY TRADITION INSTEAD OF
BEING BURIED AT ARLINGTON,
NATIONAL CEMETERY WHERE HIS
FATHER AND GRANDFATHER WERE
BURIED HE CHOSE TO BE BURIED
NEXT TO HIS BEST FRIEND FROM
THAT NAVAL ACADEMY, ADMIRAL
CHUCK LARSON.
CHUCK LARSON. >> I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU PUT
INTO WORDS WHAT ALL OF US ARE
FEELING TODAY.
FEELING TODAY. AS WE SAY GOODBYE TO A HERO,
THAT IS WHAT HE WAS, A HERO IN
EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD.
A MAN WHO ENDURED MORE THAN ANY
OF US SHOULD HAVE TO ENDURE IN
OUR LIFETIME.
OUR LIFETIME. CAPTIVITY, CANCER, BUT JOHN
SAID HE WOULDN'T TRADE A MINUTE
OF EVERYTHING HE EXPERIENCED,
BECAUSE IN SOME WAYS, MANY WAYS
IT HELPED SHAPE THE MAN HE
WOULD BECOME.
WOULD BECOME. AS JOE BIDEN SAID, HE WILL NOW
TAKE HIS PLACE IN THE HALL OF
GREAT LEADERS WHO HAVE FORMED
AND SHAPED AND LED THIS COUNTRY.
THE FAMILY IS NOW IN THEIR
LIMOUSINE AND THEY WILL FOLLOW
THE HEARSE AS IT LEAVES THE
CHURCH AND SLOWLY HEADS TOWARDS
SKY HARBOR.
SKY HARBOR. I STILL CAN SEE CINDY McCAIN, A
FINAL HUG FOR GRANT WOODS, HIS
LONGTIME CONFIDENT IN FRIEND
AND YOU HAVE TO ADMIRE CINDY
McCAIN'S STRENGTH THROUGH ALL
OF THIS, SHE HAS BEEN AN
ABSOLUTE ROCK.
ABSOLUTE ROCK. AND NOW SHE HEADS UP FOR THE
LIMOUSINE.
LIMOUSINE. ON THIS HISTORIC BUT
HEARTBREAKING DAY FOR ALL OF US
IN ARIZONA, A DAY WE KNEW WAS
COMING BUT A DAY WE DREADED IN
THE DAY THAT IS NOW HERE.
JOHN McCAIN, MIDSHIPMEN, NAVY
COMBAT PILOT CAUGHT WERE HERO,
PRISONER OF WAR, CONGRESSMAN
SENATOR, FATHER, SON AND
HUSBAND.
HUSBAND.
HUSBAND. OF COURSE OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO
THE ENTIRE FAMILY BUT MOST
ESPECIALLY TO HIS MOTHER WHO
WILL HAVE TO VERY A CHILD.
-- BARRY A CHILD -- BURY A
CHILD.
CHILD.
CHILD. >>
>>
OF
OF COURSE, THE HEARSE, AND THE ENTIRE FUNERAL PROCESSION WILL
BE GUIDED BY DPS TROOPERS.
AS THEY MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE
AIRPORT.
AIRPORT.
AIRPORT. WE WILL HAVE IT ALL RIGHT HERE
ON 12, WE ARE STANDING BY WITH
COVERAGE AS SOON AS THEY LEAVE
HERE AS ARIZONA GETS A GREAT
SEND OFF TO A GREAT
I
I DON'T
I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN GET A SHOT THIS, BUT ALL OF THE
PEOPLE INSIDE THE SERVICE HAVE
NOW GATHERED ON THE CURB TO
WATCH AND SAY GOODBYE, MANY
WITH TEARS IN THEIR EYES, SOME
WILL SALUTE, ALL WITH THEIR
PRIVATE THOUGHTS OF WHAT THIS
MAN MEANT TO THEM, WHAT HE
MEANT TO OUR COUNTRY AS THE
PROCESSION TAKES OFF, THAT WILL
BE SOMETHING TO WATCH FOR.
AND NOW THE HEARSE ROLLS AWAY
IN THE PROCESSION BEGINS.
AS THIS WAR HERO BEGINS HIS
JOURNEY
>>>
>>> JOHN
>>> JOHN McCAIN, THE COMMON MAN THAT BECAME UNCOMMON WITH
VALOR, INTEGRITY, ASCENDING TO
THE HIGHEST PEDESTALS OF
WASHINGTON POLITICS.
WASHINGTON POLITICS. HE NEVER GOT TO THE WHITE HOUSE
BUT HIS VOICE WAS ALWAYS STRONG
AND CLEAR.
AND CLEAR. HE NEVER BACK DOWN ON HIS
BELIEFS AND VALUES.
>>
>> THE
>> THE SENATOR SAID, "GOODBYES ARE IMPOSSIBLE AND WE HAVE BEEN
TOGETHER TOO LONG TO PART
COMPANY NOW, BUT SAY GOODBYE