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The benefit of an open town hall meeting is one that you get to hear a lot of different views, and two it has credibility. -- John Mccain
If we do nothing, we are handing our children a ticking time bomb that will require they pay ever greater payroll taxes just as they are beginning their careers, starting their own families and staking their claim to the American Dream. -- John Mccain
I hate the gooks. I will hate them as long as I live. -- John Mccain
I'm not running for president because I think I'm blessed with such personal greatness that history has anointed me to save our country in its hour of need. My country saved me. My country saved me, and I cannot forget it. And I will fight for her for as long as I draw breath, so help me God. -- John Mccain
[I find it] impossible [to imagine] that a nation which is grounded in Judaeo-Christian principles would somehow select someone [for President] who would repudiate those principles. -- John Mccain
Only the most deluded of us could doubt the necessity of this war. -- John Mccain
The fact that we did not give the demonstrators in Iran our moral support when a young woman named Neda bled to death in the streets of Iran will go down as one of the great mistakes of the 21st Century. -- John Mccain
There's one big difference between me and the others - I won't take every last dime of the surplus and spend it on tax cuts that mostly benefit the wealthy. I'll use the bulk of the surplus to secure Social Security far into the future to keep our promise to the greatest generation. -- John Mccain
Without trusting government you can't do a lot of things. -- John Mccain
Being chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee is like being a mosquito in a nudist colony. -- John Mccain
We are Americans first, Americans last, Americans always, ... Let us argue our differences. But remember we are not enemies, but comrades in a war against a real enemy. -- John Mccain
Despite occasional policy differences between us, I have long respected Jim Jeffords' integrity, and his conscientious service to his constituents and to the nation. -- John Mccain
I will conduct a respectful debate. Now, it will be dispirited
it will be spirited
because there are stark differences. I am a proud conservative, liberal Republica
conservative Republican ... Hello? Easy there. -- John Mccain
You cannot tell the enemy you're going to leave and expect the enemy to not - and expect to succeed. I mean, that's just a fundamental of warfare. -- John Mccain
Men and women serving in the military deserve better than what they're giving - what we're giving them. They don't know what they're going to be doing tomorrow. -- John Mccain
I observed a thousand acts of courage, compassion and love [as a POW] and I will always treasure that memory above all others. -- John Mccain
A man I admire and respect - Congressman John Lewis, an American hero, made allegations that Sarah Palin and I were somehow associated with the worst chapter in American history, segregation, deaths of children in church bombings, George Wallace. That, to me, was so hurtful. -- John Mccain
We know that this nation entered into solemn treaties [with Indian tribes] which have been continuously violated for more than 250 years. It's a disgrace. It's an outrage. We must do everything in our power to keep those treaties. Otherwise, the word of the United States government is no good. -- John Mccain
I don't e-mail. I've never felt the particular need to e-mail. -- John Mccain
So Ahmadinejad wants to be the first Iranian in space - wasn't he there just last week? 'Iran launches monkey into space.' -- John Mccain
I've seen enough killing in my life. I know how precious human life is and I don't need a lecture from you. -- John Mccain
Excessive administration secrecy ... feeds conspiracy theories and reduces the public's confidence in government. -- John Mccain
As long as Americans are not being injured or harmed or wounded or killed, it's fine with me and I hope it would be fine with you if we maintain a presence in a very volatile part of the world where al Qaeda is training, recruiting, equipping and motivating people every single day. -- John Mccain
I just think that we ought to protect the Social Security fund. -- John Mccain
Presidential ambition is a disease that can only be cured by embalming fluid . -- John Mccain
While I support a more comprehensive bill and hope a more extensive package will eventually past the Senate, I also am a realist and know that we must not let the perfect bill be the enemy of real reform. -- John Mccain
I didn't decide to run for president to start a national crusade for the political reforms I believed in, or to run a campaign as if it were some grand act of patriotism. In truth, I wanted to be president because it had become my ambition to be president. -- John Mccain
I think [social media] is fundamentally restructuring the whole nature of information and how it's expressed in America. -- John Mccain
Sarah Palin knows more about energy than probably anyone else in the United States of America. -- John Mccain
We cannot forever hide the truth about ourselves, from ourselves. -- John Mccain
I am proud to be a conservative ... but I am also proud throughout my life to have attracted the support and the love and affection of people from all over America and all parts of it. -- John Mccain
The smartest person in the United States Senate, and he knows it, is John Sununu. Thank God he had his mother's temperament. -- John Mccain
In California, it's hard to buy all the media, no matter how much money you raise or spend, because it's such a huge state. -- John Mccain
Efforts to bring about democracy have hit a wall and are going backwards. -- John Mccain
The core political values of our free society are so deeply embedded in our collective consciousness that only a few malcontents, lunatics generally, ever dare to threaten them. -- John Mccain
That does not mean we won't experience the tragedy of the loss of some American lives. We will have an opportunity to instill a democracy in Iraq which will be an example and perhaps force other nations in that region to move in the same direction. -- John Mccain
I don't use coarse language very often. I have a larger vocabulary than that. -- John Mccain
And by the way, I would not only reappoint Greenspan; if Greenspan would happen to die, God forbid, I would do like they did in the movie 'Weekend at Bernie's.' I would prop him up and put a pair of dark glasses on him. -- John Mccain
Because the people of New Hampshire take their responsibilities as citizens of the Republic seriously, they keep it interesting for candidates who, believe it or not, can get a little tired of the mannered, predictable, and unimaginative qualities that typically afflict modern political campaigns. -- John Mccain
I've already heard from some military commanders who feel they've been undercut by the vice president of the United States, and there's a lot of justification for their view. -- John Mccain
Thanks to General Petraeus, our leadership and the sacrifice of brave young Americans. To deny that their sacrifice didn't make possible the success of the surge in Iraq, I think does a great disservice ... the progress has been immense. -- John Mccain
Courage is the enforcing virtue, the one that makes possible all the other virtues common
to exceptional leaders: honesty, integrity, confidence, compassion and humility -- John Mccain
I believe that Congress will and must act before then to renew its objections to multiple and discriminatory taxes on the Internet, as well as to taxes that inhibit Internet access. -- John Mccain
I will follow Osama bin Laden to the gates of hell. -- John Mccain
On the subject of Osama bin Laden ... we will track him down. We will capture him. We will bring him to justice, and I will follow him to the gates of hell. -- John Mccain
Now we've got the cables. We've got talk radio. We've got the bloggers. I hate the bloggers. -- John Mccain
We should be able to deliver bottled hot water to dehydrated babies. -- John Mccain
I 'Don't See How It Matters' That I Don't Know The Price Of Gas. -- John Mccain
I believe in evolution. But I also believe, when I hike the Grand Canyon and see it at sunset, that the hand of God is there also. -- John Mccain
The question is not whether you would like to be president or not. The question is: Do you think you can win and do you want to run? And none of those are clear to me. -- John Mccain
I will veto every single beer, um, bill with earmarks. -- John Mccain
The Constitution established the United States of America as a Christian nation. -- John Mccain
In the view of everyone, I am a viable candidate and I should be on the ballot. -- John Mccain
The 'Main Street' retailers ... see customers come to the store to locate items ... only to leave and order the items over the Internet just to escape the sales tax. -- John Mccain
I have known Trent Lott for 20 years, ... I don't believe he's racist. But he must proactively send a message to his colleagues in the Senate and the American people that he is absolutely opposed to any segregation in any form and racism in any form and discrimination in any form. -- John Mccain
Now that we have the line-item veto there is no excuse for Congress to put pork in and no reason for the president not to line-item veto it out. -- John Mccain
As almost anyone with war experience knows, you're never supposed to show the enemy what you won't do to win. -- John Mccain
I am the son and grandson of Navy admirals, and I was born into America's service, ... It wasn't until I was deprived of her company that I fell in love with America. -- John Mccain
It's always the wacko birds on right and left that get the media megaphone. -- John Mccain
I think that Joe Biden is qualified in many respects. But I do point out that he's been wrong on many foreign policy and national security issues, which is supposed to be his strength. -- John Mccain
I believe that we're going to find out that America made a lot of mistakes diplomatically, economically, militarily, intel-wise. But, I also think we're going to find out the U.S. has done a lot of good things too. -- John Mccain
On my honor, I swear to you, that from my first day in office to the last breath I draw, I will do everything in my power to make you proud of your government. -- John Mccain
I have said for a long time that I thought the president would be best served if the attorney general resigned so I think it's the right thing to do. -- John Mccain
I take a backseat to no one in my affection, respect and devotion to veterans. And I will not accept from Senator Obama, who did not feel it was his responsibility to serve our country in uniform, any lectures on my regard for those who did. -- John Mccain
I am a illiterate that has to rely on my wife for all of the assistance I can get. -- John Mccain
If money is free speech, the big interests are sitting in front with megaphones and the average citizens are sitting in the back. -- John Mccain
America has the strongest, best-trained, best-led military force in the world, and we have failed them. Our military today is struggling in virtually every category that measures preparedness. -- John Mccain
The abuse of prisoners hurts America's cause in the war on terror, endangers U.S. service members who might be captured by the enemy, and is anathema to the values Americans have held dear for generations. -- John Mccain
Sooner or later, people are going to figure out if all you run is negative attack ads you don't have much of a vision for the future or you're not ready to articulate it. -- John Mccain
Our country doesn't depend on the heroism of every citizen. But all of us should be worthy of the sacrifices made on our behalf. -- John Mccain
I respect Sarah Palin. I appreciate her and her husband enormously. I think she will continue to play a major role in the future of the Republican Party. -- John Mccain
And, if we lost, then who win? Did Al Qaida win? When on the floor of the House of Representatives they cheer - they cheer - when they pass a withdrawal motion that is a certain date for surrender, what were they cheering? Surrender? Defeat? -- John Mccain
I will not leave the Republican Party, ... The Republican Party is my home. -- John Mccain
At no time have I ever done anything that would betray the public trust. -- John Mccain
My greatest fear is the Iranians acquire a nuclear weapon and give it to a terrorist organization. And there is a real threat of them doing that. -- John Mccain
I think they put some lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig. -- John Mccain
Congress and the American people have good reason to fear that we are heading toward another permanent garrison of Americans in a Balkan country where our mission is confused, and our exit strategy a complete mystery. -- John Mccain
We were pleased to hear the President state his firm commitment that he will do whatever is necessary to accomplish this important goal. -- John Mccain
I don't think it's bribery; I think it's extortion. Bribery, you know, is when the person that's giving the money does it voluntarily. What it is in Washington is extortion because they all ask for the money. -- John Mccain
What evidence do we have that states are incapable of further exercising an authority they have exercised successfully for over 200 years? -- John Mccain
All interested parties must be willing to make significant sacrifices. -- John Mccain
We know that Medicare's going broke in seven years, but we need to start over. That's what the American people want us to do. -- John Mccain
I don't know how you defeat an insurgency unless you have some handle on the number of people you are facing. -- John Mccain
We should exhibit no self doubt to our friends, ... Credibility is a strategic asset. -- John Mccain
I am very much in favor of tax cuts. -- John Mccain
The American people want us to stop spending. And so let's just give them some certainty. Let's extend the tax - the existing tax cuts. And then let's give some more tax breaks to small businesses and large. And then maybe the American people will have some confidence. -- John Mccain
I cannot in good conscience vote in favor of tax cuts, irrespective of their size, or to which segment of the population they are targeted, ... Nor can I support any spending increases that are not related to improving our nation's defense from the obvious and serious threats facing us today. -- John Mccain
People want the truth, even if they disagree. -- John Mccain
Torture gives you reliable and unreliable information. That's the reason why most people in the world don't do it. So this idea that you have to torture people in order to protect national security is a false argument, and I reject it. -- John Mccain
We are united in a wait-and-see approach. -- John Mccain
We will have to wait a little longer to see if Armageddon has arrived. -- John Mccain
I am confident, with the leadership and the backing of the American people, President Obama will turn this country around, -- John Mccain
I strongly support the Second Amendment and I believe the Second Amendment ought to be preserved - which means no gun control. -- John Mccain
We need not risk our national honor to prevail in this or any war. -- John Mccain
America's image throughout the world is very bad. -- John Mccain
You hear it every four years, ... Scare the seniors, scare the seniors. -- John Mccain
I don't know a politician who enjoys fundraising. The system is such that the American people have lost faith. -- John Mccain
When we're talking about a trillion dollars of taxpayer money, "trust me" just isn't good enough. -- John Mccain
Democrats proposing failure in Iraq by withdrawing. -- John Mccain
We are an unfinished nation. -- John Mccain
It's impossible to imagine the Democratic Party seeking a pro-life, free-trading, non-protectionist, deficit hawk. -- John Mccain
The way you have bipartisan negotiations, you sit down across the table, as we did with Ted Kennedy, as I've done with many other members, and you say, 'OK, here's what I want, here's what you want. We'll adhere to your principles, but we'll make concessions.' -- John Mccain
I'm just trying to keep things normal around the house, because there's no reason why things shouldn't be normal. -- John Mccain
Did you hear the one about the woman who is attacked on the street by a gorilla, beaten senseless, raped repeatedly, and left to die? When she finally regains consciousness and tries to speak, her doctor leans over to hear her sigh contently and to feebly ask, 'Where is that marvelous ape?' -- John Mccain
I intend to do what I can, working with my congressional colleagues, Republicans and Democrats, to help bring about the changes to the practices and institutions of our democracy that they want and deserve. -- John Mccain
I am not haunted by memories of Vietnam. But I must admit I never thought we would again witness in my lifetime the specter of politicians picking targets and ruling out offensive measures in the absurd hope that the enemy would respond to our restraint by yielding to our demands. -- John Mccain
If we leave Iraq, terrorists will follow us home. -- John Mccain
I am not President Bush. -- John Mccain
While Secretary Rumsfeld and I have had our differences, he deserves Americans' respect and gratitude for his many years of public service. -- John Mccain
Arizona may be the only state in America where mothers don't tell their children that someday they can grow up and be president. -- John Mccain
I've been an imperfect servant of my country for many years. But I have been her servant first, last and always. And I've never lived a day, in good times or bad, that I didn't thank God for the privilege. -- John Mccain
But I'm still a work in progress. My mother calls me quite frequently with various critiques of my performance on TV and other public events. She's usually pretty severe with her comments. -- John Mccain
Keep moving if you love life, and keep your troubles well behind you. -- John Mccain
There's a whole generation that's retiring. It is unconscionable that the average salary of a lawyer is $79,000 a year and the average salary of a teacher is $39,000 a year. -- John Mccain
I'm not sure, if I were President Clinton, I wouldn't want to be pardoned for something that I believed that I didn't do. -- John Mccain
I have said from the beginning that Pat Buchanan left the Republican Party the day he questioned America's involvement in defeating Nazi Germany. -- John Mccain
I think that Donald Rumsfeld will go down in history as one of the worst secretaries of defense in history. We are paying a very heavy price for the mismanagement - that's the kindest word I can give you - of Donald Rumsfeld, of this war. -- John Mccain
We ought to pay down the national debt, ... The American people are tired of people who make promises about cutting taxes that they cannot keep. -- John Mccain
Inexperience because of (President Barack) Obama's inexperience.Look that would be one of the challenges. -- John Mccain
Our nation's continued prosperity hinges on our ability to solve environmental problems and sustain the natural resources on which we all depend. -- John Mccain
I campaigned in 2012 all over this country for months: 'Repeal and replace Obamacare.' That was not the mandate of the voters. If they wanted to repeal Obamacare, the 2012 election would have been probably significantly different. -- John Mccain
I think my major challenge, very frankly, is to maintain the traction, ... I've seen many campaigns here in the state of New Hampshire look good for a while, and then the air comes out of the balloon. -- John Mccain
Our armed forces will fight for peace in Iraq, a peace built on more secure foundations than are found today in the Middle East. Even more important, they will fight for two human conditions of even greater value than peace: liberty and justice. -- John Mccain
Neither party should be defined by pandering to the outer reaches of American politics and the agents of intolerance, whether they be Louis Farrakhan and Al Sharpton on the left, or Pat Robertson or Jerry Falwell on the right. -- John Mccain
As part of Social Security reform, I believe that private savings accounts are a part of it
along the lines that President Bush proposed. -- John Mccain
My patriotism and my conscience required me to support it and to engage in the debate over whether and how to fight it. -- John Mccain
Giving peace a chance only gives Saddam Hussein more time to prepare for war on his terms, at a time of his choosing, in pursuit of ambitions that will only grow as his power to achieve them grows. -- John Mccain
The facts are facts and records are records. -- John Mccain
Tolerance of dissent is the hallmark of a mature party, and it is well past time for the Republican Party to grow up. -- John Mccain
Only a fool or a fraud talks tough or romantically about war. -- John Mccain
War is wretched beyond description, and only a fool or a fraud could sentimentalize its cruel reality. -- John Mccain
We are taught to understand, correctly, that courage is not the absence of fear, but the capacity for action despite our fears. -- John Mccain
Sound foreign policy is more than arms control, foreign aid and paying (United Nations) dues. -- John Mccain
There's a certain romanticism associated with exploration of space, which is one of the major factors why we'll continue. -- John Mccain
Every time there's been an out-of-bounds remark made by a Republican, no matter where they are, I have repudiated them. -- John Mccain
We conservatives can win the ideological battles on a level playing field. Our ideas are better. Given fair elections based on contributions from regular voters, instead of $100,000 checks from business-as-usual special interests, we will prevail. -- John Mccain
There's going to be other wars. I'm sorry to tell you, there's going to be other wars. We will never surrender, but there will be other wars. -- John Mccain
Nothing in life is more liberating than to fight for a cause larger than yourself, something that encompasses you but is not defined by your existence alone. -- John Mccain
Americans have got to understand that we are paying present-day retirees with the taxes paid by young workers in America today. And that's a disgrace. It's an absolute disgrace and it's got to be fixed. -- John Mccain
The day that I can land at the airport in Baghdad and ride in an unarmed car down the highway to the Green Zone is the day that I'll start considering withdrawals from Iraq. -- John Mccain
Does it make all the difference in the world? No. But there's a great deal of symbolism associated with whether we're going to add $24 billion to the debt in unwanted and unnecessary pork-barrel projects. -- John Mccain
War is awful. Nothing, not the valor with which it is fought nor the nobility of the cause it serves, can glorify war. War is wretched beyond description and only a fool or a fraud could sentimentalize its cruel reality. Whatever is won in war, it is loss the veteran remembers. -- John Mccain
But please know, whether you believe campaign contributions are speech or property, that I learned to love very dearly the right of free expression when I lived without that freedom for a while a long time ago. -- John Mccain
Today more people lose their seats in the Politburo in Havana than in the Congress of America, ... We need to have competitive races for the Legislature ... We have to have a clash of ideas. -- John Mccain
I'm a proud Reagan conservative. -- John Mccain
Sen. Obama is a decent person and a person you don't have to be scared of as president of the United States. -- John Mccain
We should be I hope finally realizing what Vladimir Putin is. He's an old colonel, KGB, apparatchik, and he dreams of the restoration of the Russian empire. -- John Mccain
It seems to me that President Carter has earned his place as if not the worst president in history, the worst president of the 20th Century. -- John Mccain
Both candidates in this election [2004] pledge to end this war and bring our troops home. The great difference - the great difference is that I intend to win it first. -- John Mccain
Why the hell do I have to keep updating my apps on my iPhone all the time and why you don't fix that? -- John Mccain
I'm going to be honest: I know a lot less about economics than I do about military and foreign policy issues. I still need to be educated. -- John Mccain
You may have noticed that Senator Obama's supporters have been saying some pretty nasty things about western Pennsylvania lately. And you know, I couldn't agree with them more. -- John Mccain
The day that the leadership of the military comes to me and says, 'Senator, we ought to change the policy,' then I think we ought to consider seriously changing it. -- John Mccain
The only way you approach politics and seek elective office is to move forward. For me to look back in anger or with any rancor would be a mistake. -- John Mccain
We have to love our freedom, not just for the private opportunities it provides, but for the goodness it makes possible. -- John Mccain
They're all tied together: taxes, Medicare, Social Security, and the debt. We've got to have a setting of priorities, and looking at it - at each of them as disconnected, I think, doesn't properly address these major challenges. -- John Mccain
America has much to gain in terms of jobs and trade by meeting the growing world demand for advanced, environmentally sound technologies. -- John Mccain
I spent five and a half years in prison. The worst part was coming home and finding out Green Acres had been cancelled. What the hell was I fighting for? -- John Mccain
And we are in a strange conundrum. You can kill an American citizen overseas. But according to this administration, if you capture him in the United States, they've got to be read their Miranda rights. -- John Mccain
The political tactics of division and slander are not our values. They are corrupting influences on religion and politics, and those who practice them in the name of religion or in the name of the Republican Party or in the name of America shame our faith, our party and our country. -- John Mccain
I am proud to do so for I know that by supporting George W. Bush, I serve my country well. -- John Mccain
The first pork-barrel bill that crosses my desk, I'm going to veto it and make the authors of those pork-barrel items famous all over America. -- John Mccain
We send cruise missiles and then we think everything's all right or we try to bring them to trial. My friends, this time they've gone too far. This time we're serious. This time we won't quit until they are gone, completely gone from the face of the earth -- John Mccain
In 2003, I warned of a 'creeping coup' in Russia against the forces of democracy and market capitalism in Russia. -- John Mccain
Rogue states are the main threat to peace and freedom, and they require a strong, comprehensive policy response - a policy that I call 'rogue state rollback,' in which our goal is not simply to contain rogue regimes, but to drive them from power. -- John Mccain
As part of my misspent youth I spent too much time in the sun and every few months I have to go and have some basal cell removed from my own craggy features. -- John Mccain
It's a tough path to citizenship. You've got to pay back taxes. You've got to learn English. You've got to have a clear record. You've got to get to the back of the line behind other people who have come here legally or even waiting legally. -- John Mccain
I am fully prepared to be commander in chief ... I don't need on-the-job training. -- John Mccain
A major announcement. Events are moving fast in my campaign, and yes, it's true that this morning I've dismissed my entire team of senior advisers. All of their positions will now be held by a man named 'Joe the Plumber.' -- John Mccain
I would like to mention that a couple days ago Senator Obama was out in Ohio and he had an encounter with a guy who's a plumber, his name is Joe Wurzelbacher. -- John Mccain
I want to emphasis again, Governor (Thomas) Kean and Congressman (Lee) Hamilton pointed out that congressional oversight also was a major contributor to our failures prior to 9/11 and that has to be fixed as well. -- John Mccain
I can only express satisfaction that the Dear Leader is joining the likes of Gaddafi , Bin Laden, Hitler , and Stalin in a warm corner of hell. -- John Mccain
And the people who live in the southern part of my state do not have a secure environment. To wit, there are signs that the government put up that say, 'Warning. You are in a drug smuggling area and a human smuggling area.' -- John Mccain
[While] the primary responsibility, as we all acknowledge, (falls) with the family, ... Our homes, our families, our children's minds are being flooded by a tide of violence. -- John Mccain
Suppose that climate change is not real and all we do is adopt green technologies, which our economy and our technology is perfectly capable of. Then all we've done is given our kids a cleaner world. -- John Mccain
Let's move forward to try to address the most egregious and outrageous corrupting aspect of campaigns in America today and that is the incredible inundation of soft money and its pernicious effects. -- John Mccain
When a major airline goes on a route that a new entrant has gone into, reduces fares, increases capacity, and then when the new entrant goes off, they leave the route, that's not competition. -- John Mccain
I am a Republican. I'm loyal to the party of Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt. And I believe that my party, in some ways, has strayed from those principles, particularly on the issue of fiscal discipline. -- John Mccain
Thank God for the Saudis and Prince Bandar, and for our Qatari friends, -- John Mccain
Just stop at one of these construction sites and look and see who those workers are. They're all Hispanic, ... And I bet you they're illegal. -- John Mccain
There is no doubt in my mind that Rudy Giuliani in the Senate will be a leader for the people of New York but also for the people of Arizona and the people all over this country. -- John Mccain
I spent most of my time wrestling looking up at the lights. -- John Mccain
There are 11 million people living in the shadows. I believe they deserve to come out of the shadows. The children who are brought here when they were children, they deserve that kind of consideration as well. -- John Mccain
I'm not President Bush -- John Mccain
Anybody who believes the surge has not succeeded, militarily, politically and in most other ways, frankly, does not know the facts on the ground. -- John Mccain
Americans Never Quit. We never surrender. We never hide from history. We Make History.
-John McCain -- John Mccain
America is the greatest force for good in the history of the world. -- John Mccain
I watch sports all the time. My wife Cindy says I would watch the thumb-suckers play the bed-wetters. I watch all sports and I enjoy all sports. It's been great fun in my life and a great diversion. -- John Mccain
When you run ads saying you are going to save social security, my friend, that's all hat and no cattle. -- John Mccain
(Obama) really has no experience or knowledge or judgment about the issue of Iraq and he has wanted to surrender for a long time. -- John Mccain
The role of the vice president is to break ties in the Senate and inquire daily into the health of the president. -- John Mccain
How much damage will have been done before we act? -- John Mccain
Barbara Boxer is the most bitterly partisan, most anti-defense senator in the United States Senate today. I know that because I've had the unpleasant experience of having to serve with her. -- John Mccain
But certainly in the short term, or even the long term, I would not support repeal of Roe v. Wade, which would then force X number of women in America to [undergo] illegal and dangerous operations. -- John Mccain
I am sure that Senator Clinton would make a good President. I have no doubt that Senator Clinton would make a good President. -- John Mccain
Our nation has both an obligation and self-interest in facing head-on the serious environmental, economic and national security threat posed by global warming. -- John Mccain
Don't let anyone tell you otherwise - not our political opponents, and certainly not a disingenuous filmmaker, who would have us believe. -- John Mccain
Bin Laden's death and the debate over torture -- John Mccain
I will not agree to have this bill [to repeal DADT ] go forward, because our economy is in the tank. -- John Mccain
At least I don't plaster on the makeup like a trollop, you c***! -- John Mccain
I would vote for a Muslim if he or she was the best candidate able to lead the country and defend our political values. -- John Mccain
Our political differences, now matter how sharply they are debated, are really quite narrow in comparison to the remarkably durable national consensus on our founding convictions. -- John Mccain
Under my plan, 85 percent of America will pay no tax or have a flat tax at our lowest rate of 15 percent. -- John Mccain
I think I am becoming incapable of being too surprised. But it just makes me sad and sick. -- John Mccain
Certify border is secure; only then allow guest workers. -- John Mccain
Unfortunately, Governor Bush is a Pat Robertson Republican who will lose to Al Gore. -- John Mccain
I owe America more than she has ever owed me. -- John Mccain
The issue of economics is not something I've understood as well as I should. I've got Greenspan's book. -- John Mccain
It's a matter of fact that Senator Obama has spent more money on negative ads than any political campaign in history. -- John Mccain
Free trade with Colombia is something that's a no-brainer. -- John Mccain
Do we really want another politician in the White House America can't trust? -- John Mccain
It is perhaps my greatest hope, Mr. President, that some day we'll consider tax and spending measures with no one else in mind but future generations of American taxpayers. We're tying a millstone of debt around their necks, and it is a grave mistake. -- John Mccain
Russia is a gas station masquerading as a country. -- John Mccain
I said, 'The nice thing about Alzheimer's is you get to hide your own Easter eggs.' -- John Mccain
I know where a lot of them [the elite or elitists] live.
Where's that?
Well, in our nation's capital and New York City. I've seen it. I've lived there. -- John Mccain
Remember the words of Chairman Mao: 'It's always darkest before it's totally black.'. -- John Mccain
Glory belongs to the act of being constant to something greater than yourself, to a cause, to your principles, to the people on whom you rely and who rely on you -- John Mccain
As you know, there are Al-Qaeda operatives that are taken back into Iran, given training as leaders, and they're moving back into Iraq. -- John Mccain
I think there [are] great economies that can be made starting with a round of base closings, ... I want the president to veto these pork-barrel spending bills which have grown to incredible obscene levels. I believe there are a number of weapons systems that have to be eliminated. -- John Mccain
I believe strongly that we should have nominees to the United States Supreme Court based on their qualifications rather than any litmus test. -- John Mccain
We can't cut and run. -- John Mccain
It is because I owe America more than she has ever owed me that I am a candidate for president to the United States. -- John Mccain
Improve human intelligence to get Osama bin Laden. -- John Mccain
Even in this room full of proud Manhattan Democrats. I can't shake that feeling that some people here are pulling for me ... I'm delighted to see you here tonight, Hillary. -- John Mccain
I voted for Justice Breyer and Justice Ginsburg. Not because I agreed with their ideology, but because I thought they were qualified and that elections have consequences when presidents are nominated. -- John Mccain
It's a fundamental aspect of the free enterprise system and economics: If there's no penalty associated with increased costs, why not lay on increased costs? -- John Mccain
I guess he believes if a lie is big enough and repeated often enough, it will be believed. -- John Mccain
I am learning to get online myself, and I will have that down fairly soon, getting on myself. I dont expect to be a great communicator, I dont expect to set up my own blog, but I am becoming computer literate to the point where I can get the information that I need. -- John Mccain
Reducing military presence has never in history won a war. -- John Mccain
I want to tell the vice president and everybody else that when I'm president there will be a controlling legal authority. -- John Mccain
The cable industry has risen to new heights in their apparent willingness and ability to gouge the American consumer. Cable rates [have] increased an unbelievable five-and-a-half times faster than inflation. -- John Mccain
Cindy and I are adoptive parents. We know what a treasure and joy it is to have an adopted child in our lives. -- John Mccain
Why am I running for president? Well, my wife, Cindy, says it is because I sustainedseveral severe blows to the head in prison camp. -- John Mccain
But we have a war of ideals and ideas, and that is to sell democracy ... -- John Mccain
Each Middle East country has their own unique kinds of challenges; but the fundamentals, the desire for democracy and freely elected governments is a common thread throughout. -- John Mccain
Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno. -- John Mccain
You know, the French remind me a little bit of an aging actress of the 1940s who was still trying to dine out on her looks but doesn't have the face for it -- John Mccain
Responsibility always stops at the president's desk. -- John Mccain
It is illegal for children to purchase tobacco in every state in the country. And in every state ... tobacco companies have invested enormous sums of money and time to encourage widespread lawbreaking. -- John Mccain
Senator Obama voted against Justice Breyer and Justice Roberts on the grounds that they didn't meet his ideological standards. That's not the way we should judge these nominees. Elections have consequences. -- John Mccain
It's the only way that I see that it can be done," McCain said. "Obviously, it has failed in the past, but I also notice there is a somewhat changed attitude on the part of the American people about this issue. -- John Mccain
I have said many times in the past I don't choose to be vice president, either Republican, Democrat, Libertarian or vegetarian. -- John Mccain
Some of us are more favorably disposed than others. -- John Mccain
Our economy, I think, is still
the fundamentals of our economy are strong. -- John Mccain
I have campaigned for reform efforts all over the country, ... What happens in California has significant effect in states like mine that are nearby. It's just a reality. -- John Mccain
I do believe my view has evolved. -- John Mccain
I appreciate the decision made by Gov. Brewer to veto this legislation. I hope that we can now move on from this controversy and assure the American people that everyone is welcome to live, work and enjoy our beautiful State of Arizona. -- John Mccain
I'm as frustrated with the French, I think, as anyone, but look, there's going to be other challenges and there are going to be other issues. As long as there's a war on terrorism going on, we're all going to have to work together. -- John Mccain
Do not yield. Do not flinch. Stand up. Stand up with our President and fight. We're Americans. We're Americans, and we'll never surrender. They will. -- John Mccain
Teachers don't need as much as $140,000 a year, ... But, perhaps some senators don't need $140,000 a year either. -- John Mccain
I'm very optimistic about my home state of Arizona. -- John Mccain
I was an addict. That's why, ... I tell you, addiction is a very cunning enemy. -- John Mccain
We need more competitive races, ... We need the voice of moderation. -- John Mccain
Thank God for our form of government. The media won't let there be any cover-up. -- John Mccain
I would never want to see myself viewed as beating the drums of war, ... but I would rather live with that image than look into the mirror and see a member of Congress who failed to do his duty. -- John Mccain
In the 21st century nations don't invade other nations. -- John Mccain
I don't think we are comforted by the fact that we were told there would never be a case of Ebola in the United States and obviously that's not correct -- John Mccain
God may have mercy, but we won't. -- John Mccain
Iraq is now the central front in the war against al-Qaeda. -- John Mccain
I was concerned about a couple of steps that the Russian government took in the last several days. One was reducing the energy supplies to Czechoslovakia. -- John Mccain
I have no rancor. I look forward, not backwards. -- John Mccain
It's pretty clear we have enough Guard people in the United States, but are they capable of handling our oversees commitments as well? We need to figure out how that impacts our ability in Iraq. -- John Mccain
Since when is the intelligence agency supposed to be an air force of drones that goes around killing people? I believe that it's a job for the Department of Defense. -- John Mccain
I'm ashamed that Congress finds billions for pork-barrel subsidies but fails to find money for veterans' health care. -- John Mccain
How does it make sense to remove an option, to tell your enemy before you go into a conflict, that you will not exercise whatever options are necessary in order to achieve victory? -- John Mccain
As a governor and senator, John Chafee set the standard for honesty and decency that the rest of us on our best days could only dream to emulate. -- John Mccain
What I don't know is what the unexpected might be. -- John Mccain
I think that decisions should rest in the hands of the states. I'm a federalist. -- John Mccain
We make the future better than the past. We don't hide from history. We make history. -- John Mccain
3 "amnesty" didn't mean rewarding illegal behavior. -- John Mccain
Washington is a Hollywood for ugly people. Hollywood is a Washington for the simpleminded. -- John Mccain
We must be true to ourselves. And we must be true to others, whether they believe we are or not. -- John Mccain
The last thing members of the committee want to do is pass legislation. -- John Mccain
What is good for my country is good for my party, Should my party abandon this principle, the American people will abandon us. -- John Mccain
The US does not involve itself in what is happening in the world's largest democracy, nor does it intend to do so. -- John Mccain
Let me say that no one has supported President Bush on Iraq more than I have. -- John Mccain
You know that old Beach Boys song, Bomb Iran? Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran. -- John Mccain
Stocks have tanked. Shouldn't you have asked for that money back? -- John Mccain
Everybody says that they're against the special interests. I'm the only one the special interests don't give any money to. -- John Mccain
All this money washing around Washington and all of these contributions taint all of us. -- John Mccain
I say to our enemies: We are coming. God may have mercy on you, but we won't -- John Mccain
Americans have gotten to know Sarah Palin. They know that she's a role model to women and other - and reformers all over America. She's a reformer. -- John Mccain
We must win in Iraq. If we withdraw, there will be chaos; there will be genocide; and they will follow us home. -- John Mccain
We have a lot of work to do. It's a very hard struggle, particularly given the situation on the Iraq-Pakistan border. -- John Mccain
Katrina did not declare a truce on Iraq. -- John Mccain
I don't doubt the sincerity of my Democratic friends. And they should not doubt ours. -- John Mccain
I think we also ought to prepare the American public, by way of informing them, that Saddam Hussein has these weapons, continues to attempt to improve their capability, and would not be reluctant to export them to other countries, ... So he presents a clear and present danger. -- John Mccain
Round up and deport two million aliens who committed crimes. -- John Mccain
Gary Bauer has done great things, ... I want to promise you again, you may agree with me, you may disagree with me, but I will do great things. -- John Mccain
My preference would be to remain in the Senate, ... But you can't say I would refuse to serve in one of those (Cabinet) capacities. It's not the same as vice president. -- John Mccain
Fear is the opportunity for courage, not proof of cowardice. -- John Mccain
I can't believe a guy that handsome wouldn't have some impact. -- John Mccain
Do you know why Chelsea Clinton is so ugly? Because Janet Reno is her father. -- John Mccain
I think the American people should know there's already strong influences toward another deployment of American troops in an open-ended commitment. -- John Mccain
The tea partiers are a great addition. The tea partiers have invigorated a base that has been dormant for a long period of time. We're going to have a broad array of different views in our Republican conference, and I think it might be more interesting than any I've been in in a long time. -- John Mccain
Many good people mistake their reputation for their character. It is a mistake I have made many, many times. -- John Mccain
The problem ... is that most members of Congress don't pay attention to what's going on. -- John Mccain
We can't disrupt polling places anymore, ... It doesn't serve any purpose. It just makes people mad. -- John Mccain
Americans want to win; bin Laden thinks he's winning now. -- John Mccain
It's not social issues I care about. -- John Mccain
(W)e lose when by official policy or by official negligence we allow, confuse or encourage our soldiers to forget ... that which is our greatest strength: that we are different and better than our enemies. -- John Mccain
There are neighborhoods in Baghdad where you and I could walk through those neighborhoods today. -- John Mccain
