Bill Bennett: “It seems Obama is an intellectually generous guy. He wants to find common ground.”

Now people ask could John McCain distinguish his positions from George Bush. Here's one where he ought to jump in and say I totally disagree with what the State Department is doing here.

as we come to the final vote on the stimulus package, I express my great regret that I am going to be unable to vote for it because we clearly need a stimulus package that works. The economy is in serious trouble, and we need to do the…

I think it's bad policy to do that. I also think it's going to be very bad politics, because of the opposition.

I hope that the economy does recover. That may not serve the narrow interests of the party, but I do hope the economy does recover for the sake of the country.