“Mitt Romney's losing at this point in a big way. If something's going to come out, get it out in a hurry. I do not know why - given that Mr. Romney knew the day that [Sen. John] McCain lost in 2008 that he was going to run for president again - that he didn't get all of this out and tidy up some of his offshore accounts and all the rest.” IfsKnowsWayBigsRunningLostGivenPresidentRepublicanLosingAccountsRomneyMccainTidyOffshore Author:George Will
“John McCain said that Sarah Palin is still a force in the Republican Party. Then he got in his car and backed over his mailbox.” SaidStillsForcePartyCarRepublicanRepublican PartyMccainPalinMailboxes Author:David Letterman
“I recognize that folks in the press love to see Republican-on-Republican violence, and so you want me to say something bad about Donald Trump, or bad about John McCain or bad about anyone else, i'm not going to do it.” WantLoveViolenceTrumpRepublicanPressesFolksWant MeYou Want MeMccain Author:Ted Cruz
“Last night, John McCain said that under the Democratic health care plan, a bureaucrat would stand between you and your doctor, as opposed to the Republican health care plan, where an accountant would stand between you and your health care.” SaidCareLastsNightPlansRepublicanDoctorsDemocraticHealth CareLast NightBureaucratsMccainAccountants Author:Jay Leno
“As both a conservative and a Republican, I confess that we deserve to lose this year. We have governed badly and have earned the wrath of voters, who will learn in due course how inadequate the nostrums of liberal Democrats are to the crisis of our times. If I cannot in good faith cast a vote against the Bush years by voting for Obama, I can at least do so by withholding my vote from McCain.” IfsYearsI CanCoursesLosesRepublicanDeserveVoteCrisisDemocratCastsConservativeDuesOur TimeVotingVotersWrathInadequateMccainGood FaithWithholding Author:Rod Dreher
“Who knows if John McCain could have won that presidential campaign [2008] in any circumstances when George W. Bush the outgoing Republican president had a 22 percent approval rating.” IfsKnowsPresidentCircumstancesRepublicanPercentCampaignsPresidentialApprovalRatingMccainOutgoingPresidential CampaignApproval Rating Author:Rachel Maddow
“What I`m starting to think of as the mythical beast of the Republican establishment, which is the sort of inchoate idea that we keep talking about what they`re going to do and it never seems to have much impact or be manifest in very visible ways, obviously, it is one thing for Donald Trump to have taken a shot like he did early in his campaign at John McCain, calling him not a war hero.” ThinkingWayIdeasWarSeemsTalkingTakenOne ThingTrumpHeroCallingRepublicanShotsImpactStartingCampaignsBeastVisibleManifestEstablishmentMccainKeep TalkingWar HeroMythical Beasts Author:Rachel Maddow
“The reality is that the Republicans twice had Mitt Romney as a potential nominee. They chose him in 2008 - 2012. In 2008 and 2012, he had been the most get tough on illegal immigrants, on undocumented immigrants, illegals, as he called them, accused John McCain of wanting to give them Social Security checks, accused Mike Huckabee selling out to them with the DREAM Act in Arkansas, was really the most strident.” GivingDreamRealitySocialSecurityRepublicanToughChecksSellingImmigrantsIllegalSocial SecurityAccusedMikeRomneyMccainIllegal ImmigrantsArkansasSelling OutUndocumented ImmigrantsDream Act Author:Mark Shields
“I think we were naive during the first two years of the [Barack] Obama Administration because the Republicans didn't fight us on this point during the 2008 Presidential Election. Obama and McCain both ran on a clean energy platform. But now, uncontested lies have eroded hard-won public understanding. So, we have to go back and make the case again.” ThinkingYearsFirstsTwoHardLyingFightingEnergyUnderstandingCasesRepublicanElectionCleanAdministrationBarackPresidentialRanTwo YearsPlatformsNaiveMccainPresidential ElectionClean Energy Author:Van Jones
“There's a statement from several members of the Senate, both Democrats and Republicans, including the Democratic leader, Charles Schumer; John McCain, the chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee; and Lindsey Graham, also a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. They write that recent reports of Russian interference in our elections should alarm every American. They say Democrats and Republicans must work together to investigate this.” ShouldWritingTogetherLeaderRepublicanMembersElectionDemocraticDemocratIncludingStatementsReportsChairsWorking TogetherSenateCommitteesAlarmsInterferenceMccainArmed ServicesDemocratic Leaders Author:George Stephanopoulos
“Republican hawks like John McCain and Lindsey Graham who are very skeptical of [Rex Tillerson]. At the same time the Democrats will portray him as a climate criminal because he heads a big oil company. So, he'll be in for really tough confirmation hearings.” BigsCompanyRepublicanToughDemocratClimateHearingOilCriminalsSkepticalMccainHawksConfirmationOil CompaniesBig Oil Author:Rich Lowry
“I think this is a scary thing [hacking] that does have to be taken out of a partisan context. And one of the best pieces of news this morning is a joint statement, Senator [Chuck] Schumer, Senator [Harry] Reid for the Democrats,John McCain and Lindsey Graham from the Republicans, saying we have to get to the bottom of this.” ThinkingDoeMorningTakenPiecesRepublicanNewsDemocratBottomScaryStatementsSenatorsJointsPartisansMccainChuckHackingScary Things Author:E. J. Dionne
“We're not questioning the legitimacy of the outcome of the election. You didn't have Republicans questioning whether or not [Barack] Obama legitimately beat John McCain in 2008.” RepublicanBeatsElectionBarackOutcomesQuestioningMccainLegitimacy Author:John Lewis
“The Republican - conservative Republican answer has always been when we lose it's because we're not ideological enough. If they lose midterm elections, that's why. If Obama defeats McCain and then Mitt Romney, it's because those two Republican candidates were not ideological enough.” IfsTwoEnoughLosesAnswersRepublicanElectionDefeatConservativeCandidatesRomneyIdeologicalMccainMidtermsMidterm Elections Author:Sam Tanenhaus
“Senator McCain is all for John Kerry. Do you know they're buddies? McCain is in favor of Kerry being secretary of state. Somebody the other day suggested, maybe it was just today, a bipartisan compromise and nominate Colin Powell to be secretary of state again. What would be bipartisan about that? He's not a Republican.” KnowsStatesWould BeTodayRepublicanFavorsCompromiseDo You KnowSecretarySenatorsBuddyMccainJohn KerryBipartisan Author:Rush Limbaugh
“[John] McCain has never ripped into [Barack] Obama the way he rips into [Donald] Trump or other Republicans.” WayTrumpRepublicanBarackRipRippedMccain Author:Rush Limbaugh