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“Let me say that no one has supported President Bush on Iraq more than I have.”

In an interview on Mike Gallagher's conservative radio talk show, 2 April 2008 http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TheNote/Story?id=4760180&page=2
2000s, 2008

“At the moment of conception.”

Question: "At what point is a baby entitled to human rights?"
Saddleback Civil Forum with Pastor Rich Warren, 18 August 2008 http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0808/16/se.02.html
2000s, 2008

“I'm glad whenever they cut interest rates, I wish interest rates were zero.”

Republican presidential debate http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21221689/ (9 October 2007)
2000s, 2007

“As part of Social Security reform, I believe that private savings accounts are a part of it -- along the lines that President Bush proposed.”

February 2008 http://online.wsj.com/article_print/SB120451614688707083.html
2000s, 2008

“To state the obvious, I thought it was wrong at the time… those statements and comments did not comport with the facts on the ground. … But do I blame [the President] for that specific banner? I can't blame him for that.”

1 May 2008; Fox News http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/05/01/candidates-weigh-in-on-5th-anniversary-of-mission-accomplished-banner/
2000s, 2008

“War is wretched beyond description, and only a fool or a fraud could sentimentalize its cruel reality.”

Speech to the American Red Cross "Promise of Humanity" conference http://mccain.senate.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=Newscenter.ViewPressRelease&Content_id=820 (6 May 1999).
1990s

“Only a fool or a fraud talks tough or romantically about war.”

Campaign ad, quoted in Newsweek (23 June 2008), p. 21
2000s, 2008

“I am prepared. I need no on-the-job training. I wasn't a mayor for a short period of time. I wasn't a governor for a short period of time.”

In Republican presidential debate, Orlando, Florida, 21 October 2007 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/21/us/politics/21debate-transcript.html?pagewanted=3
2000s, 2007

“Maybe 100. As long as Americans are not being injured or harmed or wounded or killed, it's fine with me and I hope it would be fine with you if we maintain a presence in a very volatile part of the world where al-Qaeda is training, recruiting, equipping and motivating people every single day.”

When asked at a town hall meeting prior to the 2008 New Hampshire Primary about a Bush statement that U.S. troops could be in Iraq for 50 years. 3 January 2008 http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/14/mccain.king/index.html
2000s, 2008