Bill Bennett: “I don't think John McCain wants to risk further alienating the conservative base.”

I don't think so. I think it's a great tumult right now, Anderson. A lot of moving parts. There's no particular leader. What we know is there's a lot of passion, a lot of enthusiasm and a lot of unity around the issue of stopping what's…

I think he runs the choice of either being ineffectual if he doesn't get it or imperious, if he does. I don't think this is going to go down well.

You're looking at a government that people distrust.

I thought it was, if not a racist comment, a way out-of-touch comment.