“I understand that Senator Obama said that if al-Qaida established
a base in Iraq that he would send troops back in militarily. Al-Qaida
already has a base in Iraq. It’s called al-Qaida in Iraq.”

– John McCain commenting to a crowd in Tyler, Texas about Barack
Obama’s answer to whether a president should enter Iraq to suppress
an insurrection after removing U.S. troops, February 27, 2008

“I will fight every moment of every day in this
campaign to make sure Americans are not deceived
by an eloquent but empty call for change.”

– John McCain in his Wisconsin GOP primary
victory speech, February 19, 2008

“Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno.”

– John McCain speaking at a Republican dinner, June 1998

“My record in public office taken as a whole is
the record of a mainstream conservative.”

– John McCain in an address to the Conservative
Political Action Conference, February 7, 2008

“Neither party should be defined by pandering to the outer reaches
of American politics and the agents of intolerance whether they be
Louis Farrakhan or Al Sharpton on the left, or Pat Robertson
or Jerry Falwell on the right.”

– John McCain in a speech in Virginia during the 2000 Republican
primary where he faced George W. Bush, February 28, 2000

“Drug companies and the lobbyists they pay in Washington want to
keep your drug prices high. Obviously, I want them to be affordable.”

– John McCain talking to reporters near the Canadian border
in Vermont about how he wants to allow the importation
of prescription drugs from Canada, November 17, 2007