John McCain
John McCain
John Sidney McCain IIIis the senior United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican presidential nominee in the 2008 United States presidential election...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth29 August 1936
CountryUnited States of America
fundraising people politician
I don't know a politician who enjoys fundraising. The system is such that the American people have lost faith.
sports fun play
I watch sports all the time. My wife Cindy says I would watch the thumb-suckers play the bed-wetters. I watch all sports and I enjoy all sports. It's been great fun in my life and a great diversion.
cost why-not fundamentals
It's a fundamental aspect of the free enterprise system and economics: If there's no penalty associated with increased costs, why not lay on increased costs?
strong thinking fundamentals
Our economy, I think, is still -- the fundamentals of our economy are strong.
amendment clean government money rather rights
I know that money corrupts. I would rather have a clean government than one where ""First Amendment rights are being respected,"" that has become corrupt. If I had my choice, I'd rather have the clean government.
abandon country good party people
What is good for my country is good for my party, ... Should my party abandon this principle, the American people will abandon us.
airlines beneficial complaints healthy passengers sure time today trend
Complaints on the part of passengers are at an all time high, and I'm not sure that the trend in American airlines today is healthy for or beneficial to the American passenger.
cia concerned director failure fbi information lack obviously people president share sharing together work
I am concerned -- and I think most people are concerned -- about the lack of coordination between agencies, ... The failure to work together to share information -- they're doing that now, in fact. As we know, the CIA director and the FBI director are briefing the president every morning, so there were obviously breakdowns -- particularly in coordinating and sharing information.
again announced miss year
I have announced my candidacy this year again for Miss Congeniality.
hate pick
I hate these governors. We should always pick senators.
people
We know that Medicare's going broke in seven years, but we need to start over. That's what the American people want us to do.
complete needed position ram realistic repeal review survey trying
On 'don't ask, don't tell' I was always the same. I said we needed a complete review of the impact on morale and battle effectiveness of 'don't ask, don't tell' before we repeal it. That's my position now. Now they're trying to ram through a repeal without a - any kind of really realistic survey done.
Do not yield. Do not flinch. Stand up. Stand up with our President and fight. We're Americans. We're Americans, and we'll never surrender. They will.
al certain date floor house motion pass
And, if we lost, then who win? Did Al Qaida win? When on the floor of the House of Representatives they cheer - they cheer - when they pass a withdrawal motion that is a certain date for surrender, what were they cheering? Surrender? Defeat?