“No, but that’s not too important.
What’s important is the casualties in Iraq.”

– John McCain on the Today Show with Matt Lauer responding
to the question “If it’s working (the surge), Senator, do you now
have a better estimate of when American forces can come
home from Iraq?”, June 11, 2008

“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.”

– John McCain responding to Barack Obama’s criticism of John
McCain and George Bush for not supporting a new GI Bill to
make college more affordable for veterans, May 22, 2008

“I think it’s very clear who Hamas wants to
be the next president of the United States.”

– John McCain in a conference call with bloggers discussing
an endorsement of Barack Obama by Ahmed Yousef, chief
political adviser to the Prime Minister of Hamas, April 25, 2008

“There was unqualified people in charge, there was a total misreading
of the dimensions of the disaster, there was a failure of communications.”

– John McCain standing in New Orleans discussing a list
of mistakes made by the White House in response to the
Hurricane Katrina Disaster, April 24, 2008

“I’m going to be honest, I know a lot less about economics than I do
about military and foreign policy issues. I still need to be educated.”

– John McCain in an interview with Stephen Moore
of the Wall Street Journal, November 26, 2005

“The issue of economics is not something I’ve understood
as well as I should. I’ve got Greenspan’s book.”

– John McCain on the campaign trail in
New Hampshire, December 17, 2007