Amy Klobuchar: “last week, we lost an incredible patriot, Senator, and American--our friend and colleague Senator John McCain. My heart…”

“last week, we lost an incredible patriot, Senator, and American--our friend and colleague Senator John McCain. My heart goes out to his wife Cindy, his mom, his daughters, and family. In the Navy, John exemplified heroism and bravery, and in the Senate, he was a mentor to so many of us. He taught us how to work with leaders on the world stage, but then he taught us something just as important; that is, how to work with each other when we are here and back home. This past month, my husband and I got to visit John and Cindy at their ranch in Arizona one last time. Even while battling brain cancer, he continued to be engaged in the issues of our time. He continued to have that signature McCain humor and that grit. My last memory of John was, I had brought a few of his books to him, and he was getting tired and pointed to one sentence in one of the books and said to me: That, that is what matters. The sentence was this: ``Nothing in life is more liberating than to fight for a cause larger than yourself.'' No one proved that more than John McCain. Lindsey Graham just gave beautiful remarks about his best friend--his best friend who had taught him so much, who taught him how to pick yourself up and be resilient when things go wrong, who taught him how to always put your country first. I saw that resilience firsthand when John invited me to go with him and Lindsey on a trip to Asia. It was an incredible moment in his own life.…”