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John McCain
@johnmccain· Republican · AZ· Apr 30, 2008

There are those who are convinced that the solution is to move closer to a nationalized health care system. The key to real reform is to restore control over our health care system and restore it to the patients themselves.

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John McCain
@johnmccain· Republican · AZ· Apr 30, 2008

I don't care what the polls say about John McCain. Come November he's toast!

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John McCain
@johnmccain· Republican · AZ· Apr 29, 2008

The minute the nominee is selected, I think exposing John McCain and what he would do to our safety, to our economy would be such an important fact for Democrats that they will rally.

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John McCain
@johnmccain· Republican · AZ· Apr 29, 2008

He's not doing that anymore. Imagine the man who was tortured himself voting against a bill that now allows the CIA to practice torture.

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John McCain
@johnmccain· Republican · AZ· Apr 29, 2008

The media need to update their image of John McCain. They need to fall out of love with John McCain.

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John McCain
@johnmccain· Republican · AZ· Apr 29, 2008

Democrats will be so determined to prevent a third Bush term, which is what, obviously, John McCain would be offering, despite his so-called maverick image.

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John McCain
@johnmccain· Republican · AZ· Apr 27, 2008

I saw yesterday some additional comments that have been revealed by Pastor Wright, one of them comparing the United States Marine Corps with Roman Legionnaires who were responsible for the death of our Savior -- I mean, being involved in…

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John McCain
@johnmccain· Republican · AZ· Apr 27, 2008

I am of the belief that Senator Obama does not reflect the extremist statements that Reverend Wright has given, but I also understand why millions of Americans may, as Senator Obama said yesterday, view this as a political issue.

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John McCain
@johnmccain· Republican · AZ· Apr 24, 2008

All I can do is, in as visible a way as possible, disassociate myself from that kind of campaigning and, again, reiterate that's not the party of Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, and Ronald Reagan. It's not.

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John McCain
@johnmccain· Republican · AZ· Apr 23, 2008

America will never forget, I will never forget, and never again will there be a mismanaged natural disaster, man-made or natural again that will occur in this country.

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John McCain
@johnmccain· Republican · AZ· Apr 22, 2008

I believe we are in a recession. I think the numbers indicate that. And I will be glad to discuss the technical aspect of what's a recession or not technically IS recession. But I think the reality is, and I don't have to tell you here…

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John McCain
@johnmccain· Republican · AZ· Apr 15, 2008

I'm fully satisfied that my conduct at all times was conducted in keeping with the standards of my office.

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John McCain
@johnmccain· Republican · AZ· Apr 15, 2008

Neither party should be defined by pandering to the outer reaches of American politics and the agents of intolerance, whether they be Lewis Farrakhan or Al Sharpton on the left or Pat Robertson or Jerry Falwell on the right.

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John McCain
@johnmccain· Republican · AZ· Apr 15, 2008

They tried to teach me at the Naval Academy. When they found me in prison, I was dependent on others. I was dependent on tapping on the wall to my fellow prisoners and helped to sustain them, but more importantly, they sustained me. And we…

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John McCain
@johnmccain· Republican · AZ· Apr 15, 2008

In 2000, McCain was against overturning roe v. Wade. Now he says the Supreme Court overstepped its bounds.

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John McCain
@johnmccain· Republican · AZ· Apr 15, 2008

This is some of the most disgusting politicking I have ever seen in my life.

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