Barack Obama actually said...

"I know that our sadness today is mixed with pride; that those we've lost will be remembered by a grateful nation."

"And that's why it's so important for us to really pay attention to providing a mechanism for that final status to be determined ... I'm committed to doing that ... in my first term ... setting up a pr..."

"Puerto Rico is '... definitely a territory' and one that is '... trying to figure out' if it wants to remain one."

"John McCain's having to deal with his -- Hagee, who said stuff that is mind-boggling. I don't attribute those statements to John McCain."