Barack Obama: “John McCain's ridden shotgun as George Bush has driven our economy towards a cliff.”

I am very happy to see a ceasefire. And I’m hopeful that it holds.

I was a little tall for it.

We’ve now fought a war, spent billions and billions of dollars, you know, put enormous strain on our military. A lot of people have died. And it feels like we’re back where we were before we started the war, except maybe a little bit worse…

It was nevertheless important that we all play a part in assuring that our elected officials are accountable.