John McCain
Presumptive Republican nominee for president 2008, Arizona senator.
FEATURED INTERVIEW: 5/07/08 - The presidential candidate quotes from Chairman Mao for solace on the campaign trail, Part I. (thedailyshow), and
Jon asks the senator to denounce his controversial mentor and suggests a potential vice president in Part II. (thedailyshow)
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6/26/08 - Transcript: Who is the real John McCain – the guy who voted 95 percent with the president or the guy in his first two ads running from George W. Bush like a scalded dog? (lasvegasun)
6/24/08 - McCain discusses his admiration for California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, immigration, and Latino voters. (freedomblogging)
6/22/08 - (with audio link) Getting personal with John McCain: Which movie makes John McCain laugh the hardest? When McCain was a kid, what did he want to grow up to be? What is his pet peeve? His best day? His worst? (politico)
6/13/08 - McCain talks foreign policy, in particular North Korea, China, and Russia. (ft)
5/30/08 - McCain on Israel, Iran and the Holocaust. (theatlantic)
4/17/08 - Transcript: McCain talks Bush tax cuts and the economy. (bloombergtv)
4/15/08 - Transcript: McCain discusses his recent comments blasting corporate greed and reckless corporate conduct. (kudlows)
3/26/08 - 20 Questions with John McCain. (jewishjournal)
3/13/08 - McCain discusses his prospects in the 2008 election. (hannityandcolmes)
2/20/08 - McCain on his conversion from Episcopalian to Baptist. He expresses discomfort about a Muslim in the White House and says he won’t undergo a full-immersion baptism while campaigning. (beliefnet)
2008 - The White House hopeful on how he’d deal with everything from Iraq and Iran to questions about his age and hot temper. (rd)
2008 -”I believe we have an obligation to future generations to start exercising fiscal restraint.” (forourgrandchildren)
2008 - John McCain: A Man Apart: The presumptive Republican nominee about engaging Black America, fixing public school education and his plan to beat Obama. (essence)
10/01/07 - John McCain about his presidential platform on energy and the environment. (grist)
3/05/07 - The Full McCain: The maverick senator talks about repairing diplomatic relations, social security reform, and Medicare. (nationalreview)
11/03/05 - Transcript: Will he run again for president? What does he make of the CIA leak indictments, and the battle raging in the Senate over pre-war Iraq intelligence and more? (larryking)
12/13/02 - Transcript: McCain on his new book Worth Fighting For. (pbs)
9/27/01 - Washington’s other leading man reflects on the mistakes President Bush has made, why Al Gore lost, the ghosts of Vietnam and his own political future. (rollingstone)
6/04/00 - McCain on the challenges of fatherhood and adoption. (dadmag)
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6/09/08 - McCain remarks that it seems Sen. Obama is running for Jimmy Carter’s second term. (blogsforjohnmccain)
6/05/08 - (Transcript with video insert) “I think that it’s very clear that Americans want change. The question is, is what kind of change, the right change or the wrong change?” (abcnews)
5/22/08 - Ellen Degeneres puts John McCain on the spot over gay marriage. (interviewlistings)
4/01/08 - “Well, first of all, I was probably a lousy candidate.” McCain discusses reinvigorating his presidential campaign with David Letterman, Part I. (thelateshow)
4/01/08 - McCain on the economy, and how to help people struggling to keep their homes in the wake of the slumping housing market, Part II. (thelateshow)
3/09/08 - (With text summary) “The life of John McCain is the story of one near-death experience after another, both literally and in terms of his career. How appropriate that he hails from a town called Phoenix.” McCain on how, despite his campaign being completely broke, snagged the Republican nomination for president from Mitt Romney. (60minutes)
11/27/07 - An Hour with John McCain. (charlierose)
4/25/07 - Senator John McCain discusses the mismanagement of the Iraq War, Part I. (thedailyshow)
4/25/07 - Jon goes over the various Iraq War talking points with Senator John McCain, Part II. (thedailyshow)
2/10/03 - “The trends are clear: Fewer and fewer competitive races. More and more money. Huge amounts of special interest.” McCain talks the influence of money and the presidency. (buyingofthepresident)
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