Sen. Jeff Flake
Jeffrey (Jeff) Lane FlakeFormer GOP lawmaker: Republican Party 'engulfed in lies and fear' Grassley to vote against Tanden nomination Klain on Manchin's objection to Neera Tanden: He 'doesn't answer to us at the White House' MORE (R-Ariz.) said Sunday that the biggest thing he learned from the late Sen. John McCain
John Sidney McCainCindy McCain planning 'intimate memoir' of life with John McCain Trump-McConnell rift divides GOP donors Arkansas state senator says he's leaving Republican Party MORE (R-Ariz.) is to forgive.
“You know ... people talk about he had a temper, it was passionate, that’s certainly the case. But he would quickly forgive and move on and to see the good in his opponents, that is something that particularly these days we could use a lot more of,” Flake said on ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos.”
"That’s a lesson that he taught everyone.”
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McCain died Saturday at the age of 81 after battling brain cancer.
“How do we honor his legacy?” Stephanopoulos asked.
"By seeing the good in our opponents," Flake, who is retiring from the Senate, said.
“By being quick to forgive, by realizing that there’s something more important than ourselves, to put service, you know, over and above our self interest, as he often said. And as he lived, I think that that’s how we honor him.”
