Two weeks from today I will take the oath of office and America’s safety and security will be my number one priority.

John McCain

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The French remind me a little bit of an aging actress of the 1940s who is still trying to dine out on her looks but doesn't have the face for it.

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I have said for a long time that I thought the president would be best served if the attorney general resigned so I think it's the right thing to do.

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Excessive administration secrecy... feeds conspiracy theories and reduces the public's confidence in government.

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Being chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee is like being a m... by John McCain

Being chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee is like being a mosquito in a nudist colony.

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When we're talking about a trillion dollars of taxpayer money, "t... by John McCain

When we're talking about a trillion dollars of taxpayer money, "trust me" just isn't good enough.

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...(W)e lose when by official policy or by official negligence we allow, confuse or encourage our soldiers to forget . . . that which is our greatest strength: that we are different and better than our enemies.

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As you know, there are al Qaeda operatives that are taken back into Iran, given training as leaders, and they’re moving back into Iraq.

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Anybody who believes the surge has not succeeded, militarily, politically and in most other ways, frankly, does not know the facts on the ground.

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The day that the leadership of the military comes to me and says, "Senator, we ought to change the policy," then I think we ought to consider seriously changing it.

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I take a backseat to no one in my affection, respect and devotion to veterans. And I will not accept from Senator Obama, who did not feel it was his responsibility to serve our country in uniform, any lectures on my regard for those who did.

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I can only express satisfaction that the Dear Leader is joining the likes of Gaddafi, Bin Laden, Hitler, and Stalin in a warm corner of hell.

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I spent five and a half years in prison. The worst part was coming home and finding out Green Acres had been cancelled. What the hell was I fighting for?

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While Secretary Rumsfeld and I have had our differences, he deserves Americans' respect and gratitude for his many years of public service.

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The president(Obama) comparing him to a kid in the back of a classroom, I think, is very indicative of the president's lack of appreciation of who Vladimir Putin is. He's an old KGB colonel that has no illusions about our relationship, does not care about a relationship with the United States, continues to oppress his people, continues to act in an autocratic fashion.

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Unfortunately, Governor Bush is a Pat Robertson Republican who wi... by John McCain

Unfortunately, Governor Bush is a Pat Robertson Republican who will lose to Al Gore.

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And the people who live in the southern part of my state do not have a secure environment. To wit, there are signs that the government put up that say, "Warning. You are in a drug smuggling area and a human smuggling area."

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I am proud to do so for I know that by supporting George W. Bush,... by John McCain

I am proud to do so for I know that by supporting George W. Bush, I serve my country well.

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I will conduct a respectful debate. Now, it will be dispirited -- it will be spirited -- because there are stark differences. I am a proud conservative, liberal Republica-- conservative Republican...Hello? Easy there.

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Women need the education and training, particularly since more and more women are heads of their households, as much or more than anybody else...And it's hard for them to leave their families when they don't have somebody to take care of them....It's a vicious cycle that's affecting women, particularly in a part of the country like this, where mining is the mainstay; traditionally, women have not gone into that line of work, to say the least.

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I am all in favor of pay equity for women, but this kind of legislation, as is typical of what's being proposed by my friends on the other side of the aisle, opens us up to lawsuits for all kinds of problems.

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