John McCain

John McCain says this is above politics. But there are plenty of politics involved as we've been talking about.

It has become clear that no consensus has developed to support the administration's proposal. I do not believe that the plan on the table will pass as it currently stands and we are running out of time. Tomorrow morning I'll suspend my…

We must meet as Americans not as Democrats or Republicans and we must meet until this crisis is resolved. I'm directing my campaign to work with the Obama campaign and the Commission on Presidential Debates to delay Friday night's debate…

Oh, easy. Look, if you were able to increase the budget and the size of government by 40 percent, don't you think you could cut some of it?

There must be a path for taxpayers to recover the money that's put into this fund, the taxpayers dollars, $1 trillion is an unprecedented sum. And that money can't simply go into a black hole of bad debt with no means of recovering any of…

If you are able to increase the budget and the size of government by 40 percent, don't you think you could cut some of it?

My plan is about keeping American people in their homes and safeguarding the life savings of all Americans by protecting our financial system and capital markets.

... of Washington and Wall Street that got us in this situation to start with.

Let me offer a little advance warning to the big-spending, greedy, do-nothing, me-first, country-second crowd in Washington and on Wall Street: Change is coming. Change is coming to a neighborhood near you.

We can't have taxpayers footing the bill for bloated golden parachutes. We need to put our country first and focus on what's best for Main Street. It's the excess and greed of Washington and Wall Street that got us in this situation to…

Well, let me offer a little advance warning to the big spending greedy do-nothing me-first, country-second crowd in Washington, and on Wall Street, change is coming, change is coming to a neighborhood near you.

McCain on the economic offensive. Is he scoring points or is this an issue Obama and Democrats can't lose?

The massive financial rescue plan, the mother of all bailouts, now heading to Congress.

Senator McCain making quotation marks -- something we've outlawed on this show -- with his hands during a speech on the country's financial crisis in Wisconsin today.

McCain on the attack. Obama trying to make the economic issue his own and counterattacking, as well.

Maybe, just this once, he could spare us the lectures and admit to his own poor judgment in contributing to these problems.

Maybe just this once, he could spare us the lectures and admit to his own poor judgment in contributing to these problems.

An early intervention program to help financial institutions avoid bankruptcy expensive bailouts and damage to their customers.

Government has a clear responsibility to act and to defend the public interest. That's exactly what I intend to do.

My friends, he's not afraid of Washington, D.C.

He won't even step out on a limb and take charge of an issue and say how he feels about it one way or the other. What you need here is an experienced hand on the helm.

On the biggest issue of the day, he didn't know what to think. He may not realize it but you don't get to vote present as President of the United States.

The chairman of the SEC serves at the appointment of the president, and in my view, has betrayed the public trust. If I were president today, I would fire him.

The McCain campaign calls Governor Palin a former maverick and highlights her experience as a mayor and governor to drive that message home.

I will fight for a bipartisan commission.