I have never suggested that Senator McCain picks his positions on national security based on politics or personal ambition.

I have called for more resources and more troops to finish the fight in Afghanistan.

The next Commander-in-Chief is going to have to exercise the best possible judgment in getting us through these difficult times.

The idea that no matter where you come from, or what you look like, or who your parents are, this is a place where anything is possible.

I am pro-choice. I believe in Roe v. Wade and I come to that conclusion not because I'm pro-abortion, but because ultimately I don't think women make these decisions casually.

I had a difficult youth. My father wasn't in the house. I've written about this. There were times where I experimented with drugs and I drank in my teenage years. And what I trace this to as a certain selfishness on my part.

There are people like Sam Nunn, a Democrat or Dick Lugar, a Republican, who I'd listen to on foreign policy.

I would not have nominated Clarence Thomas. I don't think that he was a strong enough jurist or legal thinker at the time for that elevation.

What I can say is that under the approach I'm taking, if you make $150,000 or less, you will see a tax cut. If you're making $250,000 a year or more, you're going to see a modest increase.

Evil does exist. I mean, I think we see evil all the time. We see evil in Darfur. We see evil sadly on the streets of our cities. We see evil in parents who viciously abuse their children.

I am pro-choice. I believe in Roe v. Wade, and I come to that conclusion not because I'm pro-abortion, but because, ultimately, I don't think women make these decisions casually.