Arizona Cardinals receiver Larry Fitzgerald speaks at service for Senator John McCain

Bennie Garza | 31 August, 2018, 17:20

Rick Davis, who was McCain's campaign manager, said of their friendship, per NBC News: "If there's a better of exemplification of debating and throwing a few punches, but at the end of the day being able to maintain a relationship with the people you are at battle with, as the model of governance John McCain adhered to, that relationship with Biden was in the category".

The future Pro Football Hall of Famer spoke for more than seven minutes about the unlikely bond he developed with the senator and 2008 Republican presidential candidate, a connection that once led Fitzgerald - an avid world traveler in his offseasons - to visit the Vietnamese jail where McCain was held as a prisoner of war for over five years.

"John's code was ageless, is ageless", Biden said. John McCain to a hearse at the conclusion to memorial service at the North Phoenix Baptist Church on August 30, 2018 in Phoenix, Arizona.

Woods also recalled the way McCain would introduce him to new staff members by saying, "You'll have to fire half of them". The church's senior pastor Noe Garcia pronounced McCain "a true American hero".

"We had our disagreements and they were very strong disagreements", Trump said to Bloomberg.

Military personal carry the casket of Sen.

"It's brutal, it's relentless, it's unforgiving", Biden said of brain cancer.

Speaking to Mr McCain's wife Cindy, he said: "You were his ballast".

There will be a service at the Washington National Cathedral on Saturday, followed by burial at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Twenty-four sitting USA senators, four former senators and other leaders were among those expected at Thursday's memorial.

McCain passed away on August 25 after battling brain cancer, just one day after the senator's family announced in a statement that he was discontinuing medical treatment. John McCain this week, Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald lost a friend.

About 1,000 seats for the church service were made available to members of the public who signed up. "Arizona loves this man", Arizona Sen. "You could come to a different conclusion, but where he'd part company with you is if you lacked the basic values of decency, respect". John McCain during a viewing at the Arizona Capitol on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, in Phoenix.

During a brief private service inside the Capitol rotunda, Governor Doug Ducey remembered McCain as a senator and internationally known figure as well as a key figure in the history of the Arizona.

Likewise, a visibly distraught Meghan McCain also said a final goodbye to her father.

The motorcade will go north to the church at 5777 N.Central Ave.

Friday's events in the Capitol will feature remarks by fellow Republicans Vice President Mike Pence, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan, marking McCain's 35-year career in Congress.

Biden said that they understood it's all about trust and that he would trust John with his life.

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Arizona Cardinals receiver Larry Fitzgerald speaks at service for Senator John McCain

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