--- description: Former President George W. Bush and former First Lady Michelle Obama shared a sweet moment at John McCain's memorial. title: George W. Bush Slipped Candy to Michelle Obama at McCain's Funeral image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4a2f98a60f90db20/6989394086f68ef6436ea0f1/george-bush-michelle-obama-candy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # George W. Bush Slipped a Piece of Candy to Michelle Obama at McCain's Funeral and the Internet is Glad by [Gina Martinez](/author/gina-martinez/) ## Gina Martinez Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 1, 2018 5:15 PM CUT  Former President George W. Bush slips a piece of candy to former First Lady Michelle Obama during Sen. John McCain's funeral on Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018 Former President George W. Bush slips a piece of candy to former First Lady Michelle Obama during Sen. John McCain's funeral on Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018Pool video by [Gina Martinez](/author/gina-martinez/) ## Gina Martinez Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 1, 2018 5:15 PM CUT Former President George W. Bush and former First Lady Michelle Obama shared a sweet moment at John McCain’s memorial. The moment was captured by cameras during former Sen. Joe Lieberman’s eulogy to McCain, who died last Saturday after battling brain cancer. The former President and former First Lady were among other political VIPs in attendance at Saturday’s [funeral service](https://www.johnmccain.com/memorials-and-services/nationalcathedral/ "undefined") at Washington National Cathedral. Bush was seen grabbing a mint from his wife, former First Lady Laura Bush, and then passing it to Michelle Obama who mouths “thank you” with a smile. McCain asked Bush and former President Barack Obama – both of whom beat McCain in presidential elections – to give eulogies at his funeral. Bush and Michelle Obama share an unlikely friendship that many were happy to see make a resurgence at McCain’s funeral. > [](https://twitter.com/brennawilliams/status/1035911156182011904) > [](https://twitter.com/ahammsportsgeek/status/1035912380457332737) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5384902/george-bush-michelle-obama-candy-mccain-funeral/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5384902/george-bush-michelle-obama-candy-mccain-funeral/"},"headline":"George W. Bush Slipped a Piece of Candy to Michelle Obama at McCain's Funeral and the Internet is Glad","datePublished":"2018-09-01T17:15:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:54:38.786Z","description":"President Bush is seen grabbing a mint from his wife Laura and then passing it to Mrs. Obama who replies \"thank you\" with a smile.","url":"https://time.com/5384902/george-bush-michelle-obama-candy-mccain-funeral/","keywords":["Newsfeed","George W. Bush","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4a2f98a60f90db20/6989394086f68ef6436ea0f1/george-bush-michelle-obama-candy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Gina Martinez","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/gina-martinez/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4a2f98a60f90db20/6989394086f68ef6436ea0f1/george-bush-michelle-obama-candy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"George Bush Slips Candy to Michelle Obama","caption":"George Bush Slips Candy to Michelle Obama","creditText":"Pool video","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5384902/george-bush-michelle-obama-candy-mccain-funeral/","name":"George W. Bush Slipped a Piece of Candy to Michelle Obama at McCain's Funeral and the Internet is Glad"}}]}] ```