John McCain actually said...

"I did not have an opportunity to publicly say congratulations Senator Salazar. We are very proud and pleased that you've agreed to serve in this very important position."

"I know you have an in depth knowledge of the needs and requirements for our national parks, for our public lands, for BLM, for a broad variety of issues that are important to the future of this Nation..."

"You can't develop nuclear power, energy, in this country if you don't reprocess and you do not use Yucca Mountain as a repository for spent nuclear fuel."

"Gas should be seen as a bridge fuel that is low carbon complement that can be a very logical and agreeable source of power that can combine with the intermittent nature of solar and wind."