The White House is facing mounting pressure to fire an aide who mocked Republican Sen. John McCain's failing health.

The senator's daughter Meghan joined a chorus of high profile voices who have criticized Kelly Sadler after she told colleagues in an internal meeting that Donald Trump shouldn't worry about Sen. McCain's opposition to CIA director-designate Gina Haspel's nomination.

'He's dying anyway,' she said.

Former Vice President Joe Biden said that the comments were evidence that 'decency' in the White House had hit 'rock bottom'. While former President Bill Clinton praised Sen. McCain as 'one of the most remarkable patriots our country had ever produced.'

'Nobody's going to remember you', a furious Meghan McCain, a regular co-host on 'The View,' said on the show Friday.

The comments come after the White House confirmed that surrogate communications staffer Sadler still had her job.

Press Secretary Sarah Sanders told reporters that Sadler still works at the White House.

'Yes, she does,' Sanders said.

Not amused: Meghan McCain (left) appeared on The View on Friday and hit out at White House official Kelly Sadler (right), who was quoted as mocking John McCain's cancer battle

McCain, 33, marveled that Sadler has been allowed to keep her job after saying at a meeting that her father's opposition to a Trump nominee didn't matter because 'he's dying anyway'

Sanders initially dodged the question, refusing to talk about personnel matters or to 'validate a leak out of an internal staff meeting, one way or another.' But she ultimately told a dogged White House press corps that there had been no sacking in the West Wing over the latest scandal to rankle the president.

McCain is recovering from brain surgery in Arizona, and has begun to talk publicly about his wishes for his funeral. Should he be healthy enough to return to Washington, he could cast a deciding vote in a tough roll call on Haspel's nomination.

Sadler has yet to comment about her flippant jab at McCain. Neither she nor the White House has apologized to the McCain family.

Meghan McCain said on The View Friday that Sadler is unimportant and – unlike her father – won't be remembered for long.

'Kelly, here's a little news flash, and this this may be a bit intense for 11 o'clock in the morning on a Friday,' Meghan McCain declared, but we're all dying. I'm dying, you're dying, we're all dying. ... I really feel like I understand the meaning of life, and it's now how you die, but how you live.'

'The thing that surprised me most,' she continued, 'is I don't understand what kind of environment you're working in where that would be acceptable, and then you can come to work the next day and still have a job.'



While McCain has not addressed Sadler's comment, his wife Cindy (pictured together in 2008) was quick to speak out on Twitter

She tweeted a stern message directly to Sadler on Twitter on Thursday to hit back at the joke

'My father's legacy is going to be talked about for hundreds and hundreds of years,' she said. 'These people? Nothingburgers. Nobody's going to remember you.'

On Thursday the senator's wife Cindy hammered Sadler on Twitter, writing: 'May I remind you my husband has a family, 7 children and 5 grandchildren.'

The following day, reporters caught up with former President Bill Clinton as he left the Pierre hotel in New York City, to ask his opinion on Sadler's comments.

'In my lifetime he had one of the most remarkable patriots our country had ever produced,' Clinton told TMZ.

'I love the guy, and we've had our disagreements, but if it hadn't been for John McCain I don't think I would have had the ability to end the Vietnam War,' he said, referring to his full accounting of MIAs during his presidency and bringing an end to the trade embargo.

Former Vice President Joe Biden released a statement condemning Sadler's comment at the expense of the war hero.

'People have wondered when decency would hit rock bottom with this administration. It happened yesterday,' Biden said.

'John McCain is a genuine hero - a man of valor whose sacrifices for his country are immeasurable. As he fights for his life, he deserves better - so much better,' he continued. 'Given this White House's trail of disrespect toward John and others, this staffer is not the exception to the rule; she is the epitome of it.'

Former Vice President Joe Biden (right, in Washington this week) said that the comments were evidence that 'decency' in the White House had hit 'rock bottom', While former President Bill Clinton (left, on Friday in New York) praised Sen. McCain as 'one of the most remarkable patriots our country had ever produced'

There has been mounting pressure for the White House to fire the staffer over her shocking comments

The White House hasn't denied the accuracy of reports about Sadler's comment to a group of two dozen fellow communication staffers. It issued a tepid statement praising the anti-Trump war hero McCain, who has called the president the equivalent of a tinhorn dictator.

'He has declined to distinguish the actions of our government from the crimes of despotic ones,' McCain writes in his forthcoming memoir. 'The appearance of toughness, or a reality show facsimile of toughness, seems to matter more than any of our values.'

A White House official tried to take the high road, saying in a statement that '[w]e respect Senator McCain's service to our nation and he and his family are in our prayers during this difficult time.'

There was 'discomfort' in the room after Sadler made light of McCain's diagnosis, one of the sources added.

Sadler is a former opinion editor for The Washington Times who now focuses on illegal immigration for The White House.

The mother-of-three is married to Frank Sadler, who previously served as Carly Fiorina's campaign manager for the 2016 election.

A source said that press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was not present at the meeting, which was led by deputy press secretary Raj Shah.

Sadler's comments came after McCain released a public statement on his official website denouncing Trump's decision to nominate Gina Haspel for CIA director.

McCain urged the Senate to reject Haspel for the position, based on her role in the enhanced interrogation program during the Bush Administration.

Two sources who spoke to the Hill confirmed Sadler's comment and said they believe she had been trying to make a joke which 'fell flat'. She is pictured here with her husband

There was 'discomfort' in the room after Sadler made light of McCain's diagnosis, one of the sources added

'Like many Americans, I understand the urgency that drove the decision to resort to so-called enhanced interrogation methods after our country was attacked,' he wrote.

'I know that those who used enhanced interrogation methods and those who approved them wanted to protect Americans from harm.'

'I appreciate their dilemma and the strain of their duty. But as I have argued many times, the methods we employ to keep our nation safe must be as right and just as the values we aspire to live up to and promote in the world.'

McCain went on to say he found Haspel's role in overseeing the use of torture by Americans to be 'disturbing'.

'Her refusal to acknowledge torture's immorality is disqualifying. I believe the Senate should exercise its duty of advice and consent and reject this nomination,' he wrote.

Sadler's comments came after McCain released a public statement on his official website denouncing Trump's decision to nominate Gina Haspel (pictured) for CIA director

McCain urged the Senate to reject Haspel for the role, based on her role in the enhanced interrogation program during the Bush Administration

President Trump, however, praised Haspel's performance and released a contrasting statement hours after McCain

President Trump, however, praised Haspel's performance and released a contrasting statement to social media just hours after McCain.

'Gina Haspel did a spectacular job today. There is nobody even close to run the CIA!' he tweeted.

The topic of torture hits especially close to home for McCain, who spent more than five years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam.

Trump made headlines in 2015 when he said McCain wasn't truly a war hero.

'He's a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren't captured,' the future president proclaimed.

Bad blood has only continued to brew between the two men, as it was recently revealed McCain does not want Trump to attend his funeral.

People close to the Arizona senator told the White House last week that McCain wanted Vice President Mike Pence to attend in Trump's place.

Retired Air Force Lt Gen Thomas McInerney also made a controversial comment about McCain on Thursday, saying on Fox Business that torture 'worked on John'

McCain's wife took to Twitter to hit out on Fox Business host Charles Payne, writing: 'Please choose your guest more wisely', after McInerney's controversial appearance

Both Barack Obama and George W Bush have been invited and will give eulogies at the memorial.

Sadler wasn't the only person who made a controversial comment about McCain on Thursday.

Retired Air Force Lt Gen Thomas McInerney defended Haspel and the use of torture while taking a dig at the Arizona senator during an appearance on Fox Business.

'It worked on John,' he said of torture. 'That's why we call him 'Songbird John''.

'Those methods can work and they are effective. If we have to use them to save a million American lives, we will do whatever we have to.'

WHO IS KELLY SADLER? Before she mocked John McCain's terminal brain cancer, few had heard of the name Kelly Sadler. Sadler is a special assistant to President Donald Trump who now focuses on illegal immigration for The White House. Before beginning work at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Sadler was an editor and writer at The Washington Times for three years. She also previously worked as a reporter at Bloomberg. The mother-of-three is married to Frank Sadler, who previously served as Carly Fiorina's campaign manager for the 2016 election. Source: Newsweek Advertisement

McCain has always maintained that he never cooperated with his captors and instead gave them the names of Green Bay Packers players.

As she did with Sadler, Cindy McCain took to Twitter once again to hit out at Fox Business host Charles Payne, writing: 'Please choose your guest more wisely'.

Meanwhile, Sen Lindsey Graham has revealed that McCain continues to be in good humor as his battle against brain cancer continues.

The South Carolina senator, who spent several days this week with McCain in Arizona, said he will 'be with us for awhile to come'.

Graham told the Associated Press that McCain continues to keep tabs on current events and that the pair watched movies and talked about the future.

He added that McCain is stabilizing after a recent emergency surgery and is 'always looking for the next battle'.