John McCain

They're free to say whatever they want to say. Thank you.

I believe that that decision is made by the British government and people.

I'll join with them to try to address climate change. We won't torture any prisoner that Americans hold in our custody. I think I can improve those relations and have us work together in a more cooperative fashion.

I've spent my entire life addressing national security issues and I know how to handle them. I don't need any on-the-job training. And I am prepared to lead.

I wish every senator would take the same trip that we have taken.

If anyone's privacy is breached, then they deserve an apology and a full investigation.

I continue to be concerned about Iranian taking al Qaeda into Iran, training them and sending them back.

President Bush has talked about us staying in Iraq for 50 years. Maybe 100, as long as Americans are not being injured or harmed or wounded or killed.

Senator Clinton and Senator Obama said that we could not succeed militarily. We have.

They want to set a date for withdrawal. I believe that would have catastrophic consequences.

He was right and the Democrats dead wrong.

The situation is improving there.

We probably should hold with 15 brigades for a while and see how the progress goes.

We are succeeding, and we can succeed. And American casualties overall are way down. That is a direct contradiction to the predictions made by the Democrats and particularly Senator Obama and Senator Clinton.

The surge is working.

All I can say is that, yet, there are other neighborhoods of Baghdad where kids are out playing soccer and people are in the street.

Well, just because he endorsed me doesn't mean I endorse everything he said.

Pastor Rod Parsley, who is here, and thank you for your leadership and your guidance. I'm very grateful you're here, sir.

Everybody knows that, that I had a conversation. There's no living American in Washington that knows that. There's no one.

I'm a conservative Republican. So, when I was approached when -- we had that conversation back in 2004, I mean, that's why I never even considered such a thing.

I'm a conservative Republican.

The main factor out there is that Americans are hurting right now. And they don't care too much whether it's technically a recession or not. So, I would say that it's very likely.

John McCain relives his youth and surprises the incumbent president by concealing a joy buzzer in his palm.

I am very, very grateful and pleased to note that tonight, my friends, we have won enough delegates to claim with confidence, humility and a great sense of responsibility that I will be the Republican nominee for president of the United…

I intend to have as much possible campaigning events and together as in keeping with the president's heavy schedule. And I look forward to that opportunity.