Barack Obama and John McCain sat together and talked quietly at the funeral service of Tim Russert in Washington D.C., according to the New York Times.

Russert’s son, Luke, 22, made the request and requested that other politicians “engage in spirited debate but disavow the low tactics that distract Americans from the most important issues facing our country.” At the end of the service, the two candidates embraced.

“Five months from now,” Luke Russert said a few hours later, “I wanted them to remember that this occasion brought them together.”

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