Hillary Clinton says John McCain 'understood in the marrow of his bones what it meant to be an American'

Hillary Clinton and John McCain
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"I think we could all talk for hours about what he meant to the country, what he meant to the Senate, what he meant to a lot of us individually," Hillary Clinton said of the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Meet the Press Sunday. "He leaves a legacy of service and courage."

Clinton particularly highlighted McCain's ability to work productively across the aisle in Washington. "He knew that the Senate couldn't work if we didn't work together," she said. "He really understood in the marrow of his bones what it meant to be an American, and how important it was for us to, yes, disagree and differ, but at the end of the day to come together, to work together, to trust each other to get things done."

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Bonnie Kristian

Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.