“The president asked me to be here on behalf of a grateful nation, to pay a debt of honor and respect to a man who served our country throughout his life in uniform and in public office. In my years in Congress, and as vice president, we didn’t always agree either. And he almost always noticed. But his support for limited government, for tax reform and support for our armed forces surely left our nation more prosperous and more secure, and he will be missed.” “He treated every issue with the intensity the people’s business deserve. He would fight tooth and nail for his vision of the common good. Depending on the issue, you knew John would either be your staunchest ally or your most stubborn opponent.” “There’s a line from his farewell statement that really just grabbed me: ‘Our identities and sense of worth are not circumscribed, but enlarged, by serving good causes bigger than ourselves.’ That’s John McCain. How fitting and how true.”