Paul Begala actually said...

"the only way, let's presume that McCain loses which is reasonably likely, the only way to revivify a party is to figure out what went wrong."

"You know, he is a man of profound personal courage, and the suffering and service he gave this country ought to be honored and particularly by Democrats like me. Why not go out with some class and som..."

"McCain needs to listen to David Gergen. His only hope is to go big, to be about the economy, to be big and affirming and heroic."

"I think the problem McCain has is, voters are going to process all the information they're given for these last 26 days through the fact that they know that McCain is behind."