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
running ambition political
I didn't decide to run for president to start a national crusade for the political reforms I believed in, or to run a campaign as if it were some grand act of patriotism. In truth, I wanted to be president because it had become my ambition to be president.
running winning thinking
The question is not whether you would like to be president or not. The question is: Do you think you can win and do you want to run? And none of those are clear to me.
running country blessed
I'm not running for president because I think I'm blessed with such personal greatness that history has anointed me to save our country in its hour of need. My country saved me. My country saved me, and I cannot forget it. And I will fight for her for as long as I draw breath, so help me God.
running hats social
When you run ads saying you are going to save social security, my friend, that's all hat and no cattle.
running blow wife
Why am I running for president? Well, my wife, Cindy, says it is because I sustainedseveral severe blows to the head in prison camp.
running people vision
Sooner or later, people are going to figure out if all you run is negative attack ads you don't have much of a vision for the future or you're not ready to articulate it.
running cutting
We can't cut and run.
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.
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.
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?