Graham toggled between support and tough love, friendship and realism. “Mr. President,” Graham said, “I’m not going to argue with you. When you win 19 out of 20 bellwether counties. Win Florida and Ohio. When you get 74 million votes and you lose, that’s got to be hard to take.” “You better believe it’s hard to take!” “It is what it is,” Graham said. “That’s life.”
