>> Stephen: HEY!
WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY!
MY NEXT GUEST IS A CO-HOST OF THEVIEW, HAS WORKED FOR BOTH
MSNBC AND FOX NEWS AND OF COURSE IS THE DAUGHTER OF THE SENIOR
SENATOR FROM ARIZONA.
PLEASE WELCOME MEGHAN McCAIN!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
>> HI!
HI!
>> Stephen: HELLO!
OH, MY GOSH!
SUCH A GOOD THEATER!
>> Stephen: IT IS A GOOD THEATER, ISN'T IT?
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
WE'VE MET BEFORE.
DO YOU REMEMBER BEING ON MY OLD SHOW.
>> I WAS ON YOUR SHOW ON COMEDY CENTRAL AND I WAS ABOUT 24 AND
WE TALKED ABOUT ABSTINENCE-ONLY EDUCATION AND I TALKED ABOUT
LOSING MY VIRGINITY ON NATIONAL TELEVISION.
>> Stephen: THAT'S THE PART I REMEMBER.
>> AND MY MOTHER IS QUITE A CONSERVATIVE WOMAN AND WAS
HORRIFIED, AND AFTERWARD CALLED ME AND WAS, LIKE, I DID NOT
RAIDS YOU TO SPEAK IN SUCH A FASHION ON NATIONAL TELEVISION
WITH STEPHEN COLBERT -- WAS STEPHEN COLBERT OFFENDED?
I WAS, LIKE, I THINK HE'S GOING TO BE OKAY, BUT IT STAYED WITH
ME FOREVER AND I'M TALKING ABOUT IT AGAIN WITH YOU.
>> Stephen: ALL YOU DID IS ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAD HAD
SEX.
>> YES, I HAD SAID SOMETHING LIKE I DON'T WANT TO PREACH WHAT
I DON'T PRACTICE, AND YOU WERE -- I WAS, LIKE, AT THE
MOMENT, I WAS, LIKE, THIS IS TERRIBLY UNCOMFORTABLE.
>> Stephen: I THINK I MIGHT HAVE SAID SOMETHING LIKE, HOW
MUCH PRACTICE HAVE YOU HAD?
( LAUGHTER ) >> NOW MAYBE THIS WILL BE OUR
TRADITION AND MY PARENTS WILL BE WATCHING TONIGHT, SO, FANTASTIC,
TO BRING THIS UP ONCE AGAIN.
SO I'M NOW A MARRIED WOMAN.
>> Stephen: OH, IT'S TOTALLY FINE NOW.
NOW, HOW IS YOUR DAD?
>> AS EVERYONE PROBABLY KNOWS, HE HAS GLIOBLASTOMA MULTI-FORM
GRADE 4, BRAIN CANCER.
HE'S IN ARIZONA AT OUR RANCH DOING THERAPY.
HE HAS AMAZING DOCTORS.
HE'S DOING REALLY WELL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) IT'S A REALLY SCARY CANCER.
IT'S A REALLY, REALLY SCARY CANCER, AND IT'S BEEN -- MY
FAMILY IS NO DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER FAMILY WHO HAS EXPERIENCE
WITH CANCER.
WE'S HAD A ROUGH TIME AT CHRISTMAS AND HE'S MADE THIS
CRAZY AMAZING RECOVERY WHICH I GUESS I SHOULDN'T BE SURPRISED
AT BECAUSE HE'S SO RESILIENT IN SO MANY WAYS.
HE'S A TOUGH BASTARD.
IT'S NICE HE'S DOING WELL AND I HOPE HE COMES BACK TO WASHINGTON
VERY SOON BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM GO UP AGAINST TRUMP A
LITTLE MORE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: NOW, YOU'RE ON
"THE VIEW" NOW.
>> I AM.
IT'S SO WEIRD.
I'M ON "THE VIEW" FOR FOUR MONTHS AND I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M
ACTUALLY ON THIS SHOW.
>> Stephen: WHAT'S WEIRD ABOUT IT?
>> THE SHOW'S BEEN ON 21 YEARS AND I'M THE 21st HOST AND
THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THIS SHOW, I HAD BEEN ON SO MANY
SHOWS PEOPLE NEVER WATCHED AND COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT CHANNEL
IT WAS ON.
EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT "THE VIEW" IS AND BEING THE ONE
CONSERVATIVE ON "THE VIEW" HAS THIS WEIRD LURE TO IT AND A LOT
OF INTERESTING PEOPLE HAVE VERY INTENSE REACTIONS TO IT.
PEOPLE ARE, LIKE, I LOVE YOU ON "THE VIEW" OR I ABSOLUTELY HATE
YOU AND YOU'RE RUINING MY SHOW AND IT'S AN INTERESTING SEAT TO
TAKE OVER.
>> Stephen: DO YOU FEEL LIKE A LAMB CHOP IN A WOLF DEN?
>> I'M REALLY TOUGH.
I'M NOT A DAISY OR A SNOWFLAKE AND I CAN HANDLE IT.
>> Stephen: DO YOU FEEL MORE CONSERVATIVE NOW THAT YOU'RE
AMONG NONCONSERVATIVES?
>> I WORKED AT FOX FOR YEARS AND WHEN YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY
CONSERVATIVE, YOU'RE IN A WARM BUBBLE AND IT'S, LIKE, EVERYONE
FEELS THIS WAY.
I DIDN'T KNOW PEOPLE WERE QUITE AS LIBERAL AS THEY ARE.
AND EVERY MORNING IT'S, LIKE, WHY ARE ALL REPUBLICANS RACIST
NAZIS AND I'M, LIKE, I HAVEN'T HAD MY LATTE AND MAYBE WE CAN
TALK ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE.
BUT IT'S A REALLY INTERESTING EXPERIENCES SPECIAL IN THE TRUMP
AREA.
>> Stephen: YOU HAD JOE BIDEN ON A LITTLE WHILE AGO AND HIS
SON BO HAD THE SAME CANCER YOUR FATHER HAD.
ARE YOU CLOSE WITH VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN?
>> MY PARENTS AND HIS FAMILY CAME UP TOGETHER IN POLITICS.
I HAVE A COLD HEART ON TELEVISION AND I NEVER CRY.
IT WAS A WEIRD EXPERIENCE BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
MY FATHER WAS IN THE HOSPITAL AND PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW AT THE
TIME, TED KENNEDY, BO BIDEN HAD GLIOBLASTOMA.
IF HE RUNS FOR PRESIDENT, I'M TOTALLY (BLEEP) BECAUSE I LOVE
HIM AND HE'S SUCH A WONDERFUL, WARM MAN AND I CAN CALL HIM AT
YON TIME WHEN I'M FEELING OVERWHELMED BY CANCER.
I CAN'T EXPRESS WHAT HIS SUPPORT AND LOVE OF HIM AND HIS FAMILY
HAS MEANT TO ME AT THIS MOMENT BECAUSE CANCER IS SCARY AND
HAVING SOMEONE LIKE HIM WHO'S BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH TRAGEDY TO
EMPATHIZE AND GIVE HIS TIME ESPECIALLY BECAUSE HE'S ONE OF
THE MOST POWERFUL PEOPLE ON THE PLANET.
>> Stephen: HE'S A VERY KIND AND GROUNDING FIGURE.
IF YOU WERE TO RUN IN 2020 WOULD YOU BE A LITTLE DEMOCRAT
CURIOUS?
>> I DISAGREE WITH HIS POLITICS, LIKE, 75%, BUT I HAVE CRIED TO
HIM ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS ABOUT CANCER SO I WOULD HAVE A VERY,
VERY DIFFICULT TIME, AND HE'S NEVER TALKED CRAP ABOUT MY DAD'S
SERVICE, SO THAT CERTAINLY GIVES HIM A LEG UP AS WELL.
>> Stephen: SURE DOES.
( APPLAUSE ) AS YOU SAID EARLIER, YOU'RE A
MARRIED WOMAN.
MAY I SHOW THIS PHOTO?
>> THAT'S MY NEW HUSBAND.
>> Stephen: AND THERE'S JOHN AND CINDY McCAIN THERE.
JUST BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS.
SO LOVELY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: I HAVE BEEN TOLD A MEMBER OF THE CBS FAMILY
PERFORMED THE CEREMONY, WAS IT TOM SELLECK?
WHO WAS IT?
>> IT WAS JOHN DICKERSON WHO HOSTED "FACE THE NATION" AND NOW
HOSTS THE CBS "MORNING SHOW."
HE'S SUCH A WONDERFUL MAN.
HE COVERED MY FATHER'S ELECTION IN 20000 WHEN I WAS 13 AND I
KNEW HIM THEN.
HE GOES ON "FACE THE NATION" ALL THE TIME.
JOHN DICKERSON OF ALL THE JOURNALISTS IN D.C., HE'S THE
WARMEST, LOVELIEST MAN OF INTEGRITY I'VE EVER KNOWN IN
POLITICS AND IT WAS SUCH AN HONOR TO HAVE HIM PERFORM THE
CEREMONY.
NO ONE DRANK A LOT DURING THE RECEPTION.
I WANTED A REALLY COUNTRY, LIKE, JUST EVERYBODY, LIKE, SORT OF
DRINK A LOT OF WHISKEY AND EAT A LOT OF BISON --
>> Stephen: I'M SORRY.
GO BACK.
WHAT WAS THE SECOND PART?
>> EAT A LOT OF BISON.
I LIKE GAME.
I'M FROM ARIZONA.
SO I LIKE GAME.
>> Stephen: WAS IT A PICK YOUR OWN?
>> YEAH, WE SHOT EVERYTHING RIGHT BEFORE THE WEDDING.
( LAUGHTER ) I'M NOT A MARRIAGE PERSON AND I
THOUGHT I WOULD NEVER GET MARRIED SO I JUST WANTED IT TO
BE A DRUNK PARTY.
I DIDN'T THROW A BOUQUET.
I WAS SO BORED WITH THE WHOLE THING.
I DIDN'T LIKE PICKING OUT MY WEDDING DRESS, I JUST WANTED TO
HAVE A GOOD TIME.
>> Stephen: MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY UNIT ARE VERY
CONSERVATIVE IDEALS.
WHY IS THAT NOT A PART OF THE CONSERVATIVE VISION FOR
YOURSELF?
>> I'M SO INDEPENDENT AND ALPHA AND I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD FIND
SOMEONE I WANTED TO DO LIFE WITH.
BUT ALL THE CLICHES -- >> Stephen: DO LIFE, THAT
SOUNDS LIKE A SENTENCE.
I SENTENCE YOU TO LIFE WITH BEN!
CONGRATULATIONS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: GIVE OUR BEST TO YOUR PARENTS.
YOUR DAD AS WELL.