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Remembering John McCain: How The Senator From Arizona Shaped American Politics

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Senate Armed Services chairman Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks during a hearing on Sept. 19, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
Senate Armed Services chairman Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks during a hearing on Sept. 19, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

The country will be remembering Sen. John McCain all week, as his casket makes its way from Arizona to Annapolis, Maryland, where the senator will be buried Sunday. The former prisoner of war and longtime lawmaker died Saturday at his home in Arizona. He was 81.

Here & Now's Robin Young and Peter O'Dowd speak with Julian Zelizer (@julianzelizer), professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University and a CNN political analyst, who's written about McCain's complex legacy.

This segment aired on August 27, 2018.

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