Obama "voted for and even sponsored amendments that were intended to kill the (immigration overhaul) legislation."
John McCain on Monday, July 14th, 2008 in a speech in San Diego >>Details
"I have a perfect voting record from organizations like the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion and all the other veterans service organizations."
John McCain on Monday, July 7th, 2008 in a town hall meeting in Denver >>Details
"There are many health insurance plans that will cover Viagra but won't cover birth-control medication."
John McCain on Monday, July 7th, 2008 in remarks to reporters by campaign adviser Carly Fiorina in Washington, D.C. >>Details
"I investigated Abramoff and people ended up in jail."
John McCain on Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 in an appearance on Fox News’ “Fox and Friends” >>Details
Says Obama flip-flopped on warrantless wiretapping.
John McCain on Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 in a news release from McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds >>Details
"Barack Obama said he would debate 'anywhere, anytime' but has rejected joint town hall meetings."
John McCain on Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 in a news release >>Details
U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan include a "few thousand that are still green card holders who are not even citizens of this country."
John McCain on Friday, July 11th, 2008 in a TV ad airing Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico >>Details
Barack Obama has "reversed" on his commitment "to begin withdrawing American troops from Iraq immediately."
John McCain on Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 in in an e-mail message from campaign spokesman Brian Rogers. >>Details
"If you have an investment for your child’s education or own a mutual fund or a stock in a retirement plan, (Obama) is going to raise your taxes."
John McCain on Monday, July 7th, 2008 in Denver, Co. >>Details
"Throughout his time in elected office, Barack Obama has taken multiple positions on banning handguns and the D.C. handgun ban."
John McCain on Saturday, July 26th, 2008 in >>Details
"The Iranians continue – in the view of every objective observer – continue to pursue the acquisition of nuclear weapons."
John McCain on Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 in a telephone appearance with Florida voters >>Details
Says Obama opposes offshore drilling and a gas tax holiday.
John McCain on Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 in a Web ad. >>Details
Says Obama opposes innovation, the electric car and "clean, safe, nuclear energy."
John McCain on Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 in a Web ad >>Details
"I've always said it's (offshore drilling) up to the states and I still say that."
John McCain on Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 in Springfield, Mo. >>Details
"You know, the approval rating of Congress is down to 13 percent."
John McCain on Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 in an interview with Springfield, Mo., News-Leader >>Details
We are "borrowing Saudi money for Saudi oil" with the result being "dependency and debt."
John McCain on Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 in Houston, Texas >>Details
"I joined the Gang of 14, seven Republicans, seven Democrats, so that we wouldn’t blow up the United States Senate. Sen. Obama had the opportunity to join that group. He chose not to."
John McCain on Saturday, June 14th, 2008 in a virtual town hall meeting >>Details
"We must deal with the here and now and assure affordable fuel for America by increasing domestic production."
John McCain on Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 in Houston, Texas >>Details
Obama "wants a windfall profits tax on oil to go along with the new taxes he also plans for coal and natural gas."
John McCain on Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 in a speech on energy in Houston >>Details
"George Bush, and a Republican Congress, have presided over a 55 percent increase in the size of domestic government spending in the last seven years."
John McCain on Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 in a comment by McCain campaign adviser Carly Fiorina on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" >>Details
"John McCain stood up to the president and sounded the alarm on global warming ... five years ago."
John McCain on Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 in a TV ad >>Details
"In just a few years in office, Sen. Obama has accumulated the most liberal voting record in the Senate."
John McCain on Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 in a speech in New Orleans >>Details
"I've supported every investigation (into Hurricane Katrina) and ways of finding out how – what caused the tragedy. I've met with people on the ground. I've met with the governor."
John McCain on Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 in a news conference in Baton Rouge, La. >>Details
Sen. Obama wants to "enact the single largest tax increase since the Second World War."
John McCain on Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 in Washington, D.C. >>Details
"The U.S. Navy has sailed ships around the world for 60 years with nuclear power plants on them and we’ve never had an accident."
John McCain on Monday, June 2nd, 2008 in a speech in Nashville, Tenn. >>Details
"Casualties and deaths are at (their) lowest point since literally the beginning" of the war.
John McCain on Monday, June 2nd, 2008 in a town hall meeting in Nashville, Tenn. >>Details
When the United States invaded Iraq, Saddam Hussein wanted to acquire weapons of mass destruction, and "he said so himself after his capture."
John McCain on Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 in St. Petersburg, Fla. >>Details
"Obama voted to support President Bush between 40 and 50 percent of the time over the past two years."
John McCain on Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 in a campaign e-mail >>Details
"We have drawn down to presurge levels. Basra, Mosul and now Sadr City are quiet and it's long and it's tough and there will be setbacks."
John McCain on Thursday, May 29th, 2008 in Greensdale, Wis. >>Details
"Sen. Obama has been to Iraq once."
John McCain on Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 in a town hall meeting in Reno, Nev. >>Details
"Sen. Obama has declared, and repeatedly reaffirmed his intention to meet the president of Iran without any preconditions."
John McCain on Monday, May 19th, 2008 in Chicago >>Details
Iran "might not be a superpower, but the threat the government of Iran poses is anything but 'tiny,'" as Obama says.
John McCain on Monday, May 19th, 2008 in Chicago >>Details
"Obama himself voted against funding our nation's veterans and troops in the field during a time of war."
John McCain on Monday, May 12th, 2008 in a statement by a spokesman >>Details
“They (Clinton and Obama) have never to my knowledge been involved in legislation nor hearings nor engagement on this issue (climate change).”
John McCain on Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 in North Bend, Wash. >>Details
"It is just a fact that Hamas, apparently the North American spokesperson, is endorsing Senator Obama."
John McCain on Friday, April 25th, 2008 in a media availability in Little Rock, Ark. >>Details
"We spend a staggering amount of money on health care — over $2-trillion and almost twice as much as any other country per person."
John McCain on Monday, April 28th, 2008 in a campaign stop at Miami children’s hospital >>Details
"My friend, we have increased the size of government by some 40 percent just in the last few years."
John McCain on Sunday, April 20th, 2008 in a television interview. >>Details
McCain says the price of a gas tax "holiday" would be about the same as "a Bridge to Nowhere (or) another pork barrel project."
John McCain on Thursday, April 24th, 2008 in an interview on the Fox News Channel. >>Details
Rev. Wright said "that al-Qaida and the American flag were the same flags."
John McCain on Sunday, April 27th, 2008 in Coral Gables, Fla. >>Details
The Rev. Wright compared "the United States Marine Corps with Roman legionnaires who were responsible for the death of our Savior."
John McCain on Sunday, April 27th, 2008 in Coral Gables, Fla. >>Details
Barack Obama "wants to nearly double the capital gains tax" increasing taxes on "mutual funds, 401(k)s" for "policemen, firemen, nurses."
John McCain on Sunday, April 20th, 2008 in in an interview on "This Week." >>Details
After Reagan took office, "we didn't raise taxes and we didn't cut entitlements. What we did was we cut taxes."
John McCain on Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 in campaign event in Westport, Conn. >>Details
If the U.S. stops adding to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, it "will lessen worldwide demand for oil" and reduce prices.
John McCain on Thursday, April 10th, 2008 in a speech in Brooklyn, N.Y. >>Details
Democrats’ budget resolution would raise America’s tax bill by "$500-billion."
John McCain on Monday, April 7th, 2008 in a poll on McCain's Web site >>Details
Obama "has no experience or background at all in national security affairs."
John McCain on Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 in interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” >>Details
The Jewish holiday Purim is "their version of Halloween here."
John McCain on Wednesday, March 19th, 2008 in a news conference in Israel >>Details
It's "common knowledge" that al-Qaida is receiving training from Iran.
John McCain on Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 in Amman, Jordan >>Details
"I committed to public financing; (Obama) committed to public financing."
John McCain on Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 in a news conference in Columbus, Ohio >>Details
Obama "suggested bombing Pakistan."
John McCain on Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 in a media availability in Columbus, Ohio. >>Details
"One man sacrificed for his country. One man opposed a flawed strategy in Iraq. One man had the courage to call for change. One man didn't play politics with the truth. One man stands up to the special interests."
John McCain on Wednesday, February 6th, 2008 in a TV ad airing in Virginia, the District of Columbia and Maryland >>Details
In the Florida Republican primary, "we got a very large percentage of the, quote, conservative vote."
John McCain on Sunday, February 3rd, 2008 in an interview on "Face the Nation" >>Details
"In her short time in the United States Senate, the senator from New York, Senator Clinton, got $500-million worth of pork barrel projects."
John McCain on Sunday, February 3rd, 2008 in a campaign event in Fairfield, Conn. >>Details
"(Romney's) record was that he raised taxes by $730-million."
John McCain on Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 in a debate in Simi Valley, Calif. >>Details
Mitt Romney wants "to set a date for withdrawal" from Iraq.
John McCain on Saturday, January 26th, 2008 in Fort Myers, Fla. >>Details
"He told gay organizers in Massachusetts he would be a stronger advocate for special rights than even Ted Kennedy."
John McCain on Monday, January 28th, 2008 in an automated call to voters >>Details
Romney left Massachusetts "with a $245-million debt because of the big government-mandated health care system."
John McCain on Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 in a debate in Simi Valley, Calif. >>Details
Mitt Romney previously believed "that abortion should be safe and legal in this country." Now he is "prolife."
John McCain on Monday, January 28th, 2008 in an ad on the Internet >>Details
Romney used to favor gun control, and said he didn't want to go back to Reagan-Bush.
John McCain on Monday, January 28th, 2008 in an ad on the Internet >>Details
Hillary Clinton wants to "wave the white flag of surrender and set a date for withdrawal."
John McCain on Thursday, January 24th, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton. >>Details
"I won the majority of the Republican vote in both New Hampshire and South Carolina."
John McCain on Thursday, January 24th, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton. >>Details
"Congress just passed another huge, pork-filled spending bill. The Democrats allowed less than a day to read all 3,400 pages and stuffed it with nearly 10,000 earmarks costing about $10-billion dollars."
John McCain on Saturday, January 12th, 2008 in a speech to the Americans for Prosperity Michigan summit in Livonia, Mich. >>Details
"I have never asked for nor received a single earmark or pork barrel project for my state."
John McCain on Sunday, January 6th, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H. >>Details
"The fact is it’s not amnesty."
John McCain on Saturday, January 5th, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H. >>Details
"I supported (the surge), I argued for it. I'm the only one on this stage that did."
John McCain on Thursday, January 10th, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C. >>Details
"Mitt Romney says the next president doesn't need foreign policy experience."
John McCain on Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008 in a Web ad >>Details
" ... following World War II war crime trials were convened. The Japanese were tried and convicted and hung for war crimes committed against American POWs. Among those charges for which they were convicted was waterboarding."
John McCain on Thursday, November 29th, 2007 in a campaign event in St. Petersburg >>Details
"He was a member of the Iraq Study Group and was either fired or quit from a very important commission that was trying to figure out the way forward in Iraq."
John McCain on Monday, November 26th, 2007 in Interview on Fox News >>Details
"I saved the taxpayers $2-billion on a bogus Air Force Boeing tanker deal where people went to jail."
John McCain on Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 in St. Petersburg, Fla. >>Details
"Our tax code is so complicated it extracts $140 billion in extra tax preparation costs every year - one thousand dollars for every American family."
John McCain on Friday, September 28th, 2007 in a speech to the Hispanic Business Expo in Detroit. >>Details
"Senator Clinton tried to spend $1 million on the Woodstock Concert Museum."
John McCain on Sunday, October 21st, 2007 in a Republican debate in Orlando, Fla. >>Details
"Another one he should veto is the SCHIP program, which he should say 'Take the C out of, because now it's for everybody, like every other entitlement program.'"
John McCain on Tuesday, October 9th, 2007 in Dearborn, Mich. >>Details
"Earmarked dollars have doubled just since 2000, and more than tripled in the last 10 years."
John McCain on Monday, October 8th, 2007 in a campaign Web site. >>Details
"We spent $223-million on a bridge in Alaska to an island with 50 people on it."
John McCain on Wednesday, July 25th, 2007 in a speech in Nashua, N.H. >>Details
"We spent approximately $20-billion of that money on pork barrel, earmark projects. Maybe if we had done it right, maybe some of that money would have gone to inspect those bridges and other bridges across the country."
John McCain on Saturday, August 4th, 2007 in a comment to a reporter. >>Details
"A lot of people don't know that 50,000 Americans now make their living off eBay."
John McCain on Tuesday, October 9th, 2007 in Dearborn, Mich. >>Details
"One man opposed a flawed strategy in Iraq. One man had the courage to call for change. One man didn't play politics with the truth."
John McCain on Monday, October 1st, 2007 in a TV ad >>Details
"The failings in our civil service are encouraged by a system that makes it very difficult to fire someone even for gross misconduct."
John McCain on Wednesday, March 21st, 2007 in Oklahoma City. >>Details
"In state after state, polls make clear that the American public understands the Kelo ruling is a disaster."
John McCain on Monday, August 6th, 2007 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa >>Details
Sen. Clinton said “the surge of troops in Iraq was ‘working.’ Now.... Sen. Clinton says the surge ‘has failed’ and that we should ‘begin the immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops.’”
John McCain on Thursday, August 23rd, 2007 in a news release >>Details
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