I have to tell you, I also think though that John and Cindy McCain deserve an enormous amount of appreciation for the way they have decided not to exploit their son who went to Iraq.

I think both sides in this case -- this is one of the better parts of it -- this campaign leads a lot to be desired on some substantive issues. But in terms of the personal side of it, I think both sides are doing it pretty well.

I think John and Cindy McCain deserve an enormous amount of appreciation for the way they have decided not to exploit their son who went to Iraq.

Well, it's a very long short list, isn't it? He is going to be in the mix in part because he does have this vitality, he does have the youthfulness.

I think he's got to make a choice, there's Hillary Clinton and then there's everybody else. And this is not only the most important decision he's got to make but the toughest decision he's got to make because the pressure is now building…

I think he is. I think, certainly, the positions that he's taken on abortion and on guns suggest to many voters, I think rightly so, that he's not an ideological man of the left.

I think his greatest risk would be if the hard left coalesced with the Clinton disgruntled voters and sort of sat out the election.

The smart people want to let McCain be McCain, let him do what's authentic and let him be at his best without a teleprompter.

Yes, he's clearly shifting center.

At this point with George W. Bush as unpopular as he is, to argue a case for continuity in foreign policy does not seem to be a big election winner.

It is what they need to do.