"It is obviously an election that would not pass the smell test."
"As you may have noticed, I'm not the youngest candidate in the race."
"It would be someone who is prepared to take my place, who follows my philosophies, beliefs, principles and priorities."
"I have some news. Al Qaeda is in Iraq. Al Qaeda -- it's called al Qaeda in Iraq. And, my friends, they wouldn't -- if we left, they wouldn't be establishing a base. They wouldn't be establishing a bas..."
"John McCain's battle of the airwaves. Can taking on Rush Limbaugh and the rest of the talk radio group win him votes in November?"
"The reason why I had to repudiate that was because it was a campaign event."
"I have some news. Al Qaeda is in Iraq. Al Qaeda. It's called Al Qaeda in Iraq. And, my friends, if we left, they wouldn't be establishing a base. They'd be taking a country. And I'm not going to allow..."
"Americans want a respectful campaign and they'll get it from me."
"I will always do what I believe is right, no matter what the political consequences are."
"I want you with me, but don't expect me to be with you."
"Americans want a respectful campaign. And they will get it from me."
"Senator McCain mentioned 100 years American troops will be here. No one can speak to that."
"Whatever suggestion was made that was in any way disparaging to the integrity, character, honesty of either Senator Obama or Senator Clinton was wrong and I condemn it. If I have any responsibility, I..."
"And they were wrong, Senator Clinton and Senator Obama, when they said that the surge would fail."
"Last January, when the president announced the -- the so-called surge, he laid out 15 political benchmarks the Iraqi government needed to meet. Yesterday, John McCain said that almost of them -- with ..."
"Clearly my fortunes have a lot to do with what's happened in Iraq, and I'm proud of that. Because Senator Clinton and Senator Obama said that we could not succeed militarily. We have. They said we cou..."
"I think that clearly my fortunes have a lot to do with what's happening in Iraq."
"And I'm proud of that, because Senator Clinton and Senator Obama said that we could not succeed militarily. We have. They said we could not succeed politically. We have. I think that the American peop..."
