Read the full transcript:To John's beloved family Mrs. McCain, to Cindy and the McCain children, President and Mrs. Bush, President and Secretary Clinton, Vice President and Mrs. Biden, Vice President and Mrs. Cheney, Vice President Gore, and as John would say, my friends, we come to celebrate an extraordinary man. He made us better presidents, just as he made the Senate better, just as he made this country better. What better way to get a last laugh than make George and I say nice things about him to a national audience? In fact, John was a pretty conservative guy. What better way to honor John McCain's life of service than as best we can follow his example to this country.

Source: CNN September 01, 2018 17:15 UTC