Right now, at this moment, we need to send a message ... that we are there to stay, ... Perhaps we need more troops -- I have said for a long time that we needed more troops of certain types. But we've got to see this thing through. If we fail, if we cut and run, the results can be disastrous.
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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.
John McCain
I spent several years in a North Vietnamese prison camp, in the dark, fed with scraps. Do you think I want to do that all over again as vice president of the United States ... The vice president has two duties One is to break a tie in case of a tie vote in the United States Senate .. the other is to inquire daily as to the health of the president. Neither one of those are very challenging as compared with living a good part of time in the state of Arizona.
John McCain
The tea partiers are a great addition. The tea partiers have invigorated a base that has been dormant for a long period of time. We're going to have a broad array of different views in our Republican conference, and I think it might be more interesting than any I've been in in a long time.
John McCain
I think that it's very appropriate for the Congress to have hearings on the whole issue. Fine, let's have hearings. It's appropriate after every conflict to have hearings. I'm satisfied that Saddam Hussein not only had weapons of mass destruction, but if we had not overthrown him, he would have went back to pursuing the development of weapons of mass destruction.
John McCain
I couldn't control my despair. All my pride was lost, and I doubted I would ever stand up to any man again. Nothing could save me.
John McCain
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