Being here in Tucson, I'm thinking about my friend John McCain. I mean, one of the most disturbing things about this election and, and Donald Trump's rise in politics is how we seem to have set aside the values that people like a John McCain stood for.
Obama reflects on the values represented by John McCain in contrast to Trump's rise in politics.
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