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The way you have bipartisan negotiations, you sit down across the table, as we did with Ted Kennedy, as I've done with many other members, and you say, 'OK, here's what I want, here's what you want. We'll adhere to your principles, but we'll make concessions.'

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John McCain
Age: 81 †
Born: 1936
Born: August 29
Died: 2018
Died: August 25
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