John McCain

If the phone rang at 3:00 a.m. in the White House and I was the one to answer it, I would be the one most qualified to exercise the kind of judgment necessary to address a national security crisis.

Obviously an election that would not pass the smell test.

The sooner that they can start building that national campaign against the Democrats the better.

If the phone rang at 3:00 a.m. in the white house and I was the one to answer it, I would be the one most qualified to exercise the kind of judgment necessary to address a national security crisis.

It is obviously an election that would not pass the smell test.

We're guardedly confident that we can get a sufficient number of delegates with victories in Vermont, Rhode Island, Ohio and Texas.

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.

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?

Americans want a respectful campaign. And they will get it from me.

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, they wouldn't -- if we left, they wouldn't be establishing a base. They wouldn't be establishing a base. They would be taking a country, and…

I want you with me, but don't expect me to be with you.

I will always do what I believe is right, no matter what the political consequences are.

Americans want a respectful campaign and they'll get it from me.

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 that to happen, my friends. I will not…

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 almost of them, we're either making…

Senator McCain mentioned 100 years American troops will be here. No one can speak to that.

And they were wrong, Senator Clinton and Senator Obama, when they said that the surge would fail.

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 will take responsibility, and I…

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 people will recognize that and we will…

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 could not succeed politically. We have.

I do not have sufficient details on this case to make a judgment.

McCain did not advocate a particular action on behalf of Paxson, either for them or, for that matter, against them. He simply asked the relevant regulatory body to act, because they had taken so much longer than normal to make a decision.