It was an emotional moment as the family of the late Sen. John McCain says goodbye following a private memorial service in the Arizona Capitol Rotunda.

John McCain's wife kisses his casket while his daughter cries over casket it at his memorial service.

They were joined by the senator's sons, Jack and Jimmy, who were both fully dressed in uniform as they salute their father who died at 81 after a year-long battle with aggressive brain cancer.

Sen. McCain will lie in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Friday before transported to Maryland for a private service at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis on Sunday.

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