Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/john-mccain-reflects-on-his-friendship-with-the-late-bud-day Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Story Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., tells Gwen Ifill about his friendship with the late retired Col. George "Bud" Day, who shared a cell with the Republican senator as prisoners of war in Vietnam. Day, a Medal of Honor serviceman passed away at the age of 88.