PHOTOS: John McCain's 106-Year-Old Mother Attends Son's Burial -

It is a well known saying that no mother ever wants to attend her son’s burial. Unfortunately, this was the case for John McCain’s mother.

Roberta McCain had to sit through what was probably the worst moment in her life as she watched dignitary after dignitary eulogize her son.

Senator John McCain died of brain cancer last Saturday at the age of 81.

Vice President Mike Pence shared some comforting words with McCain’s mother. He was the most senior member of the Presidency in attendance as John McCain had banned President Trump from attending the funeral.

Senior members of the Trump administration including John Kelly, his chief of staff; Kellyanne Conway, his senior adviser; Defense Secretary Jim Mattis; and Jeff Sessions were all present

So also were Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and National Security Adviser John Bolton.

Roberta McCain looked strong as she even tried to comfort her granddaughter Meghan, who was crying profusely.

Mike Pence paid tribute to John McCain and said: ‘The President asked me to be here, on behalf of a grateful nation, to pay a debt of honor and respect, to a man who served our country throughout his life in uniform and in public office,’

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‘Like many of you gathered here, I also had the privilege of traveling with Senator McCain to visit our troops overseas. Earlier this week, I told Cindy of a time on a trip through Iraq, after another 18-hour day, when I was literally falling asleep in the middle of a dinner with Iraqi officials,’ he recalled

Pence continued the anecdote, ‘After the dinner, John who was more than 20 years older than me, walked up, put his hand on my shoulder, and said, “Mike, we’ve got a few more meetings tonight but why don’t you turn in. You look like you could use some rest,”‘