john mccain reacted at today's hearing.t all. in fact, he sort of blew a gasket. >> i'm deeply disappointed in your statement secretary gates. your statement, obviously is one which is clearly biassed, without the view of congress being taken into consideration. you are embarking on saying it's not whether the military prepares to make the change, but how we best prepare for it, without ever hearing from members of congress. >> so for john mccain, as long as the military leadership is against gay people serving in the military, he wants to defer to their judgment. if the military leadership is for gay people serving in the military, he thinks the military leadership should defer to him. last year he did an interview, he said in his very first day in office if elected president, he would have asked the chairman of the joint chiefs to review don't ask, don't tell. >> do you have -- >> right now the joint chiefs have said that the policy's working and that in their view, it should be kept in place. but again, if i were preside

sarah palin was picked by john mccain and people were shocked when it happened to that time, the campaign said that she had been on consideration for a long time and receive as much of a background check, so-called vetting, as any of the other people john mccain considered. there is skepticism about that at the time did not of the political journalism parade moved on and there were other things to cover. -- there was skepticism about that at the time it. but the political journals a great move on and there were other things to cover. the truth is that she was brought into the game a very late after their main focus, joe lieberman, fell apart as an option. they needed a game changing pick and joe lieberman was again changing the of one sort and sarah palin was another. in book, we quote the vetting a report by washington lawyer who was told on a friday afternoon to get ready and in the space of less than two days look into sarah palin's background, not by making a phone call or interviewing anybody, but simply by doing on-line searches, because they needed to keep it secret. looking at the

for backing john mccain, your previous party nominee. how can you be more regular than that?augh. one thing about rush, he's always on tape. >> i like mitt romney, but i think he's risking his career over endorsing mccain, who is so out of step with what's going on right now. it's -- well -- >> he's always conservative when he's running for re-election in arizona. you know, the tea parties have produced a wave of conservative that has swept republicans in name only aside. >> you know, this reminds me of the old democratic left. i know you might disagree with me, joan, because you occasionally do. november doesn't count. the ndc, the new democratic coalition, all they cared about was who won the primary, happily nominating people who couldn't win general elections. it looks to me like the republican party really is creating a pup tent. >> well, they are. they're trying to fit the whole party into a tea bag at this point, chris. and i want to talk to my friend pat, who was sounding very reasonable a couple weeks ago when we talked. >> you guys will not stop -- it's the tea part

>> it is no doubt fair that the conversations i had with john mccain were not as frequent as they were with barack obama. they were more difficult and he certainly gave me more anxiety about all of that. now president obama, was attentive and engaged. i felt comfortable he would support what we needed to do. but i am quite grateful to john mccain because i have real respect for him because let me tell you, and elections six weeks away, we went to congress and there was no way, in my judgment had gotten the target john mccain had come out against it. if he had played the populist card, we would have been left defenseless. as i look back by an increasingly grateful of the way he handled himself during this period. during that time, i lost a few hours of sleep. >> host: you describe it in one place where you say you issued a veiled threat two but it did not sound very bail to me. >> guest: that is when he came back. there is quite a scene when he interrupted his campaign to come back. i remember i was testifying at the time and michelle davis is here with me today and testifying and hande

incredible reporting i believe about what happened in the white house meeting that george bush held with john mccain and barack obama. it's hardly been mentioned in the coverage and i think it's interesting and shows how unprepared mccain was and how well prepared obama was, the republican aide in the meeting says as he listened to obama takeover of the meeting effectively it seemed if you closed your eyes you would believe this was the president of the united states, george bush or mccain and we have a very interesting story about david and maureen dowd and how a devastating call maureen dowd wrote in the early part of the nomination fight how that came to be and how this mischievous dyad between the famous hollywood mogul and "new york times" columnist, held the dealt one of the first severe blows to the notion of clinton's inevitability. >> host: let's dig in to that more, mark halperin what john was talking about about marlene doud's call, there's a back story she was trying to write the column before she finally got him to agree to do it. >> guest: she was and as john said it's an interesting c

but i'm quite grateful to john mccain because, and i have real respect for him because let me tell you in who the election six weeks away when we went to congress if there is no way we would have in my judgment t.a.r.p. if john mccain had come out against that and if he played the populace card we would have been left defenseless, and so as i look back i am increasingly grateful of the way he handled himself during this period but during that time i lost a few hours of sleep -- >> you describe that one place you issued a veiled threat and i read what he said and it didn't sound very veiled to me. >> well, that was when he came back and there was quite a scene when he interrupted the campaign to come back and i remember i was testifying at the time and michele davis here with me today was sitting behind me when i was testifying and handed me a note and my blood sort of radical right there. she said to me if someone asks you -- excuse me about john mccain coming back just simply say i welcome the involvement of, you know, everyone in this so she's afraid what might come out of my mouth.

mccain was misled? >> no, i don't, monica. the night before on nbc nightly news, you may remember john yang had a record that feerchbd john mccaing because of his experience, he was best equipped to rhett republic arizona. now, in western inventory knack ewe lar, this ain't john's first rodeo. when he suspended his campaign to go back to washington to sit face-to-face with those decisionmakers, now a couple years later, he's telling us he was misled? i have to tell you, this is isn't revision of history. that sounds more like john kerry in 2004 than the john mccain i used to work with. >> and the mccain camp is attacking your spending record. they have a radio ad saying you talk like a conservative, but you spend like a liberal. they're citing your vote for the bridge to nowhere. you supported the 2003 medicare prescription drug benefit. what do you think of those ads? what do you think of those allegations? >> well, first of all, with all due respect, i understand the frantic nature of part of this campaign. it's part of the reversal. and blaming everybody else for his bailout vote. including in that bailout, $150 billion earma

uma: and who they're big names throwing support behind john mccain?yeah, there are big names coming here and it's interesting, j.d. hayworth is trying to tap into the conservative tea party movement but john mccain has his old friend, sarah palin, coming to phoenix to campaign next month, and we know she's closely associated with the tea party movement and scott brown the newly elected massachusetts senator, is also endorsing john mccain and we know the tea party movement did help him a lot as well. and j. d. hayworth does at least have one big name, a share will be here to endorse him. uma: interesting names and thanks for that. bill: 25 minutes past the hour, back to the story here... incredible twists in the murder investigation from alabama. professor accused of killing three of her colleagues, investigators finding that she was once the prime suspect in another plot from years ago. what new details we learning about her past, in three minute. -- three minutes. ger: was gettid 'cause of all of the stress ♪ ♪ i was feeling at home ♪ had a poor cred

>> it is no doubt we'll i had the conversations i had with john mccain which is frequent as they were with barack obama and they were more difficult and i certainly -- he certainly gave me more anxiety about all of that. president obama was attentive, engaged and i felt comfortable he was going to support what we needed to do. but what i'm quite grateful to john mccain because and have real respect for him because let me tell you is the election six weeks when we went to congress and there's no way we would have in my judgment gotten the t.a.r.p. of john mccain pulled out against it and if he played the populace card we would have been left defenseless. as i look back i am increasingly grateful of the way he handled himself during this period. but during that time i lost a few hours of sleep. >> you describe that one place you got something you issued a veiled threat. i read what you said it, and failed to mikey and peery of [laughter] >> that was when he came back. there was quite a scene. he was interrupted in the campaign to come back and i remember i was testifying at the time and

but i am quite grateful to john mccain, because -- and have real respect for him, because let me tell you. an election six weeks away when we went to congress, and there's no way that we would have, in my judgment, god part if john mccain had come out against it. and if he had played the populace part, we would have been left defenseless. and so as i look back, i am increasingly grateful of the way he handled himself during this period. but during the time he gave -- you know, i lost a few hours of sleep. >> you discredit one place in the, you have something where you say you issued a veiled threat and i read what you said. >> well, that was when he was, when he came back. you know, there was quite a scene when he interrupted the campaign to come back. and our member i was testifying at the time, and michelle davis who is here with me today, and was sitting behind me and i was testifying and handed me a note. my blood soda brand gold right there. and she said to me now, if someone asks you, about john mccain coming back, just simply say i welcome the involvement of, unit, of everyone,

guest: i still think john mccain will get renominated., i think because he's taken this challenge from former congressman hey worth -- hayworth very seriously. he should take it seriously. republican primaries can be dominated heavily by very conservative voters as we're seeing in the texas gubernatorial process. so if you take it seriously and have the support that mccain has, you ought to be able to win. host: web ads have bime a new -- become a new phenomena in american politics. and we don't have the ads ready, so we will get them ready. we'll go to tom from detroit. go ahead, tom. caller: good morning. host: we wanted to hear from you first. we didn't want those ads to get through. caller: thank you. i sort of see myself as reflective of the general populous in this country. i'm 62 almost. ultimately it seems to me the american electorate tends to, when pushed, will receive back to the center fro i voted for clinton because of his fiscal responsibility. his other matters were of no little concern to me. i voted for george bush and i

if they couldn't have that they would prefer john mccain. if they could have him they would prefer hillary clinton because they knew her and was familiar, and then they were very uneasy about barack obama partly because he was democrat, partly because the racial attitudes and china are fairly openly anti-black and in a startling way so there was the center of america he liked and on white president. there was also among the elite level of the leadership to the u.s. in the sense that america was able to remake its politics the way it was difficult for other countries, that agree or disagree with politics of this administration or predecessor the fact of making such change

has been his mentor and likes him a lot, and you are right, he did sound like john mccain. dan lothian is our white house correspondent, and set the stage for the president. i take it he is getting ready to leave the white house to the fund-raiser. >> that is right. he is heading over there, wolf, which according to the sources expected to raise $2.5 million and then after the president makes short remarks we are told he will take a few questions, and that is interest, because one of the things i talked to robert gibbs about today is why isn't the president taking questions at all from the reporters and taking questions from the fund-raiser and democrats early and republicans, but he has not held a prime time news conference since july 22nd of last year. robert gibbs says this is a president who has had more interviews than other presidents in recent history. i asked him if he would have a prime time press conference any time soon, and robert gibbs said not that i am aware of. >> the notion of the president taking questions at the democratic fundraisers, and do they normall

he chewed out john mccain. he chewed out lamar alexander by saying you're wrong and eric cantor for bringing in the bill they were all talking about. >> some republican aides actually sat there and watched things with a stop watch and here is how it broke down. did the republicans and democrats have the same amount of time? no. theemocrats had 233 minutes in total. and the republicans had 110. now, keep in mind, the president had 119 minutes to himself. so if he's going -- he pledged to listen and as it turned out, he listened to himself a lot. >> but folks, answer this question for me this morning, email us or twitter us. what just drives me crazy is i wanted to see more fireworks like you alluded to, brian. >> with lamar alexander. >> i wanted to see more give and take. let's get down to the nitty-gritty here. instead, every other politician that started out gave the same stump speech that they would give at their town hall meeting. they ate up all this time instead of getting to the heart of the matter and g

>> philadelphia voters, 13 who voted for john mccain, 11 who voted for barack obama.reaction we got was shocking. >> bill: let's roll the cartoon. go. >> hi, chris. >> wait a minute, that's the girl? >> yeah. isn't she special? >> that's the way the state of rhode island would put it. there is something up with her, isn't there? >> yeah. she has got down syndrome. >> okay, well, there we go. >> she is so sweet. >> and doesn't she have the most beautiful eyes? >> the spacing seems a tad off but individually yeah they are not awful. >> are you going to be this rude all evening? you haven't asked me anything about myself. >> oh, sorry, um, so what do your parents do. >> that's better. my dad is an account at that particular time and my mom is the former governor of alaska. >> bill: all right, now, after she said former governor of alaska we cut it off but where did the line go. >> the republican line tanked. we asked them if you think it's funny you dial it up. if you think it's offensive you dial it down. now i would have assumed that democrats, they have a reputation o

arizona republican senator john mccain. also, house republican whip eric cantor. s "this week" they will speak with nancy pelosi and lamar alexander. the guests on "fox news sunday" hosted by chris wallace include senate republican whip john kyle, house ranking republican paul ryan, and new jersey senator robert mends chair of the democratic snorl -- senatorial campaign committee. senate budget committee chairman kent conrad. texas republican marcia blackburn. on "state of the union" mitch mcconnell as well as nancy pelosi. this starts at noon eastern. 90.1 f.m. here in washington, d.c. nationwide an xm satellite radio 132. on the web at c-spanradio.org, and you can follow us on twitter. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we are pleased to welcome back a familiar face to this slow and the author of "the chrystal ball" larry sabato. guest: there are two ways to look at the trends. one is based on sta activity cal -- statistical analysis. that suggests the republicans will pick up 30 house seats. we think it is between 27 and 37. let's remember it is february 2

and the only explanation that even people who loved john mccain can do at this point is that the fear of being considered soft on taxes, on tax increases would make him vulnerable in the primary and i think for that reason he deserted a position he held. >> there's been a series of shifts back campaign finance, global warming, the gays in the military. there's that element and i can't psycho analyze mccain. i think there's also a great deal of anger in the military -- excuse me, of the media, he was a darling and felt was disloyal to him in the campaign. great deal of anger at president obama who he thinks is a bad president. so i think there's a lot else going on that has to do with running for president, losing that has shifted in a more conservative direction. whether it's intellectual shift, an owe motional shift or political shift caused by jd heyworth. all those things probably played some role in what has been a shift to the right for john mccain. >> does he seem to be more angry than he has been in the past. >> when he came back after he won he was energized. remember the stim

on the other hand, john mccain has a primary from a candidate whose issues profile and emphasis of john mccain is probably more in line with the kind of campaign palin intended to support. what she has to do on her speech saturday and when going after these candidates is to talk about mothings more specificall not just i'm against barack obama, not just pine for an america that no longer exists but broaden her appeal and make her agenda more specific than she did in her book or she has up until now. >> if you look at some of the topic lines, some of the slugs on these e-mails, by the way, from todd, they're board staffing, budget cutting, some of the 243 that they would not release, claiming executive privilege, potential budget vetoes, cuts to governor staff, judicial nominee, arranging a special session. he was involved in just about everything. let me switch gears for a second and ask you about your home state of illinois. john feehery, what is going on with lieutenant governor nominee on the democratic side? i want to ask all of you quickly about this. this guy -- i mean, the govern

i read john mccain's experience and i was curious. you were there for 22 days. when did you start experiencing isolation? within a week or two weeks? >> i am not catching -- >> they find 7 people's integrity like through john mccain, one thing that kept him going was his faith. he said two weeks into his captivity he started to feel cognizant of hopelessness. did you have that? >> it went back and forth. there were days when i am going home to do this or that, planning out the rest of my life and there were days when i would think this is it. i hope my parents have my body to barry and lay it to rest and go on with their life. i was very lucky. the men really -- i could lean on them. they yelled out, miller and his angry americans singing all the time. they really kept my spirits up, telling stories back and forth. the remember there was a bombing close to the prison. wrong young people one of the pilots that got shot down was talking about all right! and he started singing bombs over baghdad. i wasn't too happy. but it kept you going. it really did keep you goi

john mccain is a great name caller is what harry reid said.said he thinks the people of nevada is giving the response. is this a change in the relationship between john mccain and harry reid? guest: it is not necessarily a change. the two have had a rocky relationship for years. some of the deals with a mountain. john mccain has been a supporter of of yucca mountain. harry reid has not. harry reid said that it could not stand john mccain, at one point. the 2000 election amplified that. they both spoke after the election -- the 2008 election amplified that. they both spoke after the election. as we saw with senator mccain now facing the primary challenge from the conservative right out in arizona, it may be helpful for him to shore up his credentials and go after the democratic leader who is not popular among those folks and for senator reid to fight back is probably good for senator reid to show his folks in nevada that he will fight for some of the stuff john mccain says. host: next caller. caller: my comment is about the clout that he has fr

next, we'll get john mccain's take in a moment. but first, jake tapper is live at the the white house. jake? >> reporter: good morning, george. that's right. after more than 60,000 words of debate and discussion, one things seems clear after the health care reform summit. for reasons both political and philosophical, if president obama and the democrats want to pass health care reform, they're going to have to do it without ident made clear he would not heed republican calls scrap democratic health care reform legislation and start anew. >> we cannot have another year-long debate about this. so, the question that there ens time or in a few weeks' time or six weeks' time, we could actually resolve something? >> reporter: the answer to that, base no. >> if we can't, then i think we have to go ahead and make some decisions. and then, that's what elections are for. >> reporter: while there were a few moments of agreement on cutting down on medical fraud and broad consensus that something needs to be done to reduce health care costs, th

those senators include john mccain and lindsey graham. they want to force the trials to be held in military court. that would create a standoff with an administration that strongly prefers civilian trials. >>> top officials went to capitol hill to make a historic announcement. they told congress it's time to repeal the don't ask, don't tell policy. martha raddatz reports. >> reporter: it was the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. the highest-ranking military officer in the nation. who said what no one in his position has ever said before. >> it is my personal belief that allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly would be the right thing to do. i cannot escape being troubled by the fact that we have in place a policy which forces young men and women to lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens. >> reporter: admiral mullen's statement ran into stiff opposition from republican senators. >> persons who demonstrate an propensity or intent to engage in homosexual acts would very likely create an unacceptable risk to t

you met sarah palin and john mccain. you don't see that a lot from country stars.ccasionally. >> the entertainment business. if you ever have an opinion that you actually voice, especially if it is a conservative opinion, and generally you will take a beating. megyn: is that true? >> just true in the entertainment business in general for the most part. something a lot of artists are afraid to do. man, i don't know. what if somebody doesn't book me for a show or won't play my song. i get penalized for having an opinion. i will say that i have not been penalized. being an american is part of it. certainly the stations might not play your song because the guy that runs it might not share your opinion. i'll show him. somebody might not book you for a concert. but if everybody likes to you are not rocking hard enough. megyn: isn't that sad that just because you have a view point that is different you? >> cry about it. megyn: this anger. that's your opinion. my opinion. >> not with me. still tour with them. the thing is america is about debate. you should be able to deba

. >> here's john mccain. i respect john mccain. certainly his service.ere he is talking about "don't ask, don't tell" with another view. >> i understand the opposition to it. and i've had these debates and discussions. but the day that the leadership of the military comes to me and says, senator, we ought to change the policy, then i think we ought to consider seriously changing it. because those leaders in the military are the ones we give the responsibility to. >> that was him a while ago, a couple years ago with me. here he is now. here he is now. >> this would be a substantial and controversial change to a policy that has been successful for two decades. it would also present yet another challenge to our military at a time of already tremendous stress and strain. at this moment, immense hardship for our armed services, we should not be seeking to overturn the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. >> jon solts, what do you make of that? it seems like his policy has chang changed. >> john mccain is wrong -- >> he's fighting with himself. a few years ago he w

. >> bill: why wouldn't john mccain come on this program during the last campaign?why didn't he dodge us and not come on if you -- we are in business to help the g.o.p., he wouldn't come. >> in you are not in the business of john mccain. he is not g.o.p. enough for you. you are in the business of sarah palin. >> bill: dick cheney is to you mr. republican. wouldn't come on the program, stewart? >> not mr. republican. because dick cheney, again, this atmosphere, there is a lot of light which is he obviously allergic to. >> bill: stop. come on. i gave to you with examples that you can't refute with your propaganda outlook. >> that doesn't mean anything. let me explain what i mean. >> bill: two examples john mccain and dick cheney g.o.p. neither man would come in here because the questioning is too tough. don't give me i'm a republican shrill, that's bull. >> you are the most reasonable -- have become the most reasonable voice on fox. >> bill: greta is the most reasonable, comment on. >> she is different. she is not political. >> bill: she is not on the channel? >> kind

john mccain said it would be a mistake. he said the "don't ask, don't tell" policy has been effected. there is a yearlong study on how to end the study. >> prosecutors plan to charge michael jackson's doctor with involuntary manslaughter. there's no public timetable for charges to be filed against dr. conrad murray. that move is imminent. >> we continue to track our top story, the conditions on the ground in maryland. >>> pamela brown is live. what is the latest? >> we have been out here since 4:00 this morning. we have seen conditions on the road improved steadily. susan is with us. she is with the department of public works and transportation. we have seen the crews a very busy this morning. what kind of resources have been used? >> we put the county crews on the roads yesterday at 4:00 p.m. we have to wonder 40 vehicles out on the roadways. they have made wonderful progress. -- we have 240 vehicles. we have 75% bear pavement. >> what kind of a feisty you have for drivers? >> it iseceiving because the roads all looks so c

arizona senator john mccain, who was the republican presidential nominee just two years ago, is being challenged, too-- this time, from his right flank. former congressman j.d. hayworth. >> you could say there are two john mccains-- the one who campaigns like a conservative and the one who legislates like a liberal. ( cheers and applause ) in fact, when it comes time to debate, i'm going to ask for a third chair in case both john mccains show up. >> ifill: mccain jabbed back at hayworth, who lost his seat in 2006 and is now a talk radio host. >> i know for nearly a year on his radio show, mr. hayworth used to attack me in the most disrespectful fashion, so i would imagine, over time, that we might see a repetition of that. but the fact is, i'm confident of victory. the polls show us with 20-point leads. but i'm going to go out and earn every single vote. that's the only way i know how to campaign. >> ifill: all over the nation, mainstream candidates have become fresh targets. in florida, governor charlie crist-- once thought a shoo-in for the republican senate nomination-- is now trai

for all the president's, you know, repeated, somewhat condescending statements, he said to john mccainign is over and we have to get away from talking points. all we've gotten from the president is talking points. we got the president restating the bill that he dumped on the american people on monday and the american people want to scrap and move on. >> let me ask you. let's say there were talking points from the president and his colleagues, the democrats. what is not a talking point from what everyone from lamar alexander presented very nicely, but the talking point from the republican side has been let's start over. so, do we ever get past those two sets of talking points? >> well, you know, i think it's up to the party that's in the majority and the party that's in the oval office to decide whether we get past it. and it really all begins with the president being willing to start with a clean sheet of paper, which he obviously is not willing to do. i think what millions of americans, those that haven't tuned it out today, were hoping to see was a serious conversation about common g

a caveat here, obama raised over a much more than john mccain. he raced twice more. he didn't do the matching funds thing with, were you limit your fund-raising to get government money. sop raised a lot more but for these vigorous companies his overall margin was two-to-one in fund-raising over john mccain. that should tell you something about the accuracy of his anti-corporate rhetoric but among the biggest corporations is ratio was much bigger than two-to-one. goldman sachs, perhaps most notorious special-interest gave obama $997,095. now no companies sins mccain-feingold, that was the campaign finance that made it illegal to give spigots, no company has donated $8 million to any one candidate ever. goldman sachs came close at 997,000 so that is the most. these are the employees and executives and political action committees. the companies themselves don't but it is the most in the campaign has raised from any single company in the history-- actually sins mccain-feingold change their campaign finance reforms. jill mccain race 230,000 so from goldman sachs obama rai

me recuerdan todos los dias, respondio john mccain."en general, el debate repitio los desacuerdos que se han escuchado en el congreso en los ultimos meses, sobre el futuro de medicare, impuestos y seguros medicos. "la incognita sigue siendo si esta cumbre revivira aqui en el capitolio la urgencia por aprobar 1 reforma de salud. desde washington, fernando pizarro, univision. ...cubano americanos protesta ante la oficina de intereses cubano en washington por la muerte de disidente.. en washington jovenes profesionales latinos se /cc> solo hay 26.... y es que en general quien quiera trabajar aqui tiene que ser agresivo asi como en las campanas politicas historias como la de gloria montano son muy raras...la ex jefa de gabinete del congesista raul grijalva trabajo duro para poder obtener el puesto mas alto "uno tiene que salir adelte, tiene que pensar en cosas como que en 10 anos quiere ser direcrtor, en 20 anos debe ser preseidente... " pero la agresividad a valeria no le sirve de

much but like after john mccain secure the nomination of 2008 very early. everyone focuses on the hotly contested democratic race. both john mccain and richard nixon and comment 1960 all attention goes to the primary season to the democratic side of that while. that, when we talk about primaries, we are talking to. maybe eight or nine officially, most are vicomtesse, not contested or are contested by lower ranked guys the only to that amount to anything our wisconsin and west virginia and their jfk is out to prove he can be viable and does not have to prove it again because lyndon johnson is back room and the deal maker and will not go into the primaries and they don't account for that much. he will not waste is the first. taking a shot against jack kennedy in the primaries which are not new hampshire. they are wisconsin and west virginia. united states senator from minnesota the former crusading mayor of minneapolis. hubert humphrey really, not a very viable even though he will be the democratic nominee, he is registering a solid 2%. but when you are the o

that exchange with john mccain was one example of many. i have to say it was conducted in a reasonably cordial fashion. but if anyone expected the democrats and republicans to drop their differences and fall in each other's arms in degree, they were seriously under estimating the nature of this event -- underestimating the nature of this event. >> the republicans do cents political blood in the water. there's not much incentive for this legislation at the moment, is there? >> they are opposed for two reasons. one, it makes life extremely difficult for the president and the democratic party. everyone has an in the midterm elections. but it is because they fundamentally disagree with that. they do not think the federal government should be quite so involved with the lives of ordinary americans. they do not think america can afford to reach out and in short 31 million and in short -- uninsured americans. for all sorts of reasons, they are firmly opposed to this bill and is left to the democrats -- and we think this will probably happen -- to

john mccain challenged him.would love to see -- a quick suggestion -- as many shows as you put on about global warming, now that they have information about the phony research and the doctored numbers and the leading of e- mails, there's a big story in the news corp. -- newspapers -- but they are not running the story. i would be happy with even 50% of the story that the bank's global warming. and you have so many reporters but they are so biased, saying things like everyone agrees, all the scientists agreed. you never hear from al gore anymore. you need to put that on there, put on the people that have been talking about this for years. host: do me a favor, go to our web site and type in global warming, it will pop up everything i've covered recently in the last couple of years. caller: i have watched you guys all the time. you need to refocus on this with the new information on the phony research they have done. so they could show that the numbers were going up, temperatures were going up. it needs to be broug

election there is no way we could have gotten the t.a.r.p biv john mccain came out against it. if he played the populist card we would have been left defenseless. as i look back with the way he handled himself. during the time, i lost a few hours of sleep. >> host: you describe where you issued a veiled threat to. it did not sound very you fail to me. [laughter] >> guest: that is when he came back. when he interrupted his campaign to come back. i remember i was testifying at the time. and michelle davis was sitting behind me and handed me a note. they said is somebody asks you about john mccain coming back, simply say i welcome the involvement of everyone and so on because i think she was afraid what might come out of my mouth. >> host: before we came up here. [laughter] >> guest: and talk to me on the way down. [laughter] but as it turns out, again, it was a couple days of anxiety but john mccain, when he was back spent time with the house republicans rallying them. so he did his part. even after got the t.a.r.p he did not jump on or criticize what we had done. i am proud of t

. >> greta: tonight, senator john mccain uncut and on the record. nice to see you. >> thank you for having me back. >> greta: thank you for letting us come to your office. you had tough words for the attorney general. you said he botched the arrest of the underwear er in michigan. in light of the fact we hear he's talking, change your mind or not? >> first ever all we need more details on that intelligence is got a short shelf life. it as rapidly as you can get the information, more rapidly you can react particularly since the enemy knows you have that individual in your hands. fundamentally, we should never have had this guy in that situation. we should have had him in a military tribunal not a civilian court. military tribunal is what terrorists are supposed to be put into. we need to, one clarification, and two, to tell the american people there will never be a situation where someone who tries to commit a terrorist act on the united states of america would ever have access to miranda rights and will be interrogated to try to get whatever informa

on the human network. >>> now tonight's first quick comment between john mccain's self-contradiction and john luntz' position, just lie, which we'll talk about in a moment. say anything, because they believe the republicans to whom they are talking are literally so stupid they'll believe anything. michelle bachman who has mentally not been on this planet for three years, told a small gathering this terrible secret, some guy stopped her and told her he use ed to live in japan. in japan, people have stopped voicing their opinion on health care, because they know they would get on a list, and then they wouldn't get health care, they wouldn't get in, they wouldn't get seen. people are afraid to speak back to government, they're afraid to say anything. is that what we want for our future, that takes us to ganster government at that point. so if you criticize american health care, you get on a list in japan? or if you criticize american health care you get on a list in america. or michelle bachman believes every random stranger that comes up and tells her a story about japan, and believes

thousands more people to the rallies than john mccain was. at one point the mccain campaign decided to have them do their rallies together. >> because of things like that. very cloakall appeal to the, quote, common man. listen, she started out really at one of the first things she talked about was scott brown, the surprise republican winner of the massachusetts senate seat. here's how she described him, mark. take a listen. >> thanks to you, scott brown. now, in many ways scott brown represents what this beautiful movement is all about. you know, he was just a guy with a truck and a passion to serve our country. >> so, mark, is scott brown really just a guy with a truck? we want to check that fact. >> you know, don, he is a guy and he does have a truck and he does have a passion to serve the country but the way that was presented you would think that she was just a blue-collar worker that really decided to run for the senate, you know, became the mister smith comes to washington. the fact of the matter was he was a state senator. the fact of t

>> it is no doubt we'll i had the conversations i had with john mccain which is frequent as they were with barack obama and they were more difficult and i certainly -- he certainly gave me more anxiety about all of that. president obama was attentive, engaged and i felt comfortable he was going to support what we needed to do. but what i'm quite grateful to john mccain because and have real respect for him because let me tell you is the election six weeks when we went to congress and there's no way we would have in my judgment gotten the t.a.r.p. of john mccain pulled out against it and if he played the populace card we would have been left defenseless. as i look back i am increasingly grateful of the way he handled himself during this period. but during that time i lost a few hours of sleep. >> you describe that one place you got something you issued a veiled threat. i read what you said it, and failed to mikey and peery of [laughter] >> that was when he came back. there was quite a scene. he was interrupted in the campaign to come back and i remember i was testifying at the time and

john mccain in a moment. and more mullen became the highest-ranking military officer ever when he asked to appeal these restrictions. a source of controversy within the pentagon. it was put in place in the clinton administration back in 1993, according to "the wall street journal." the story goes on today that and nbc-wall street journal poll in 1993 found no more than 43% of americans supported lifting restrictions on gays in the military. usa today-gallup poll in june 2009, by contrast, 69% of americans favored eliminating, don't ask, don't tell restrictions. let us look at what senator john mccain said yesterday. >> numerous military leaders to tell me "don't ask, don't tell" is working and we should not change it now. i agree. i would welcome a report done by the joint chiefs of staff based solely on military readiness, effectiveness, and needs, and not on politics. that would study the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, considering the impact of the -- repeal on armed services and would offer the best milit

david corn, and also mark mckinnon, a former adviser to john mccain., you are an original endorser of the petition that you are circulating, to get this to happen, this televised event on friday where we saw the president answering and questions questions of gop leadership. it seemed like a refreshing change compared to the spin cycle in washington. >> this is a refreshing example of a win-win situation in washington. i think the president has done more in one hour last week than he has in the year to get the poison out of the well in washington. we have the demandquestion.com petition going around. time really freeze, as david told me earlier, and people felt like they were getting a real dialogue from the leadership in washington. we would love to see more of it. >> a lot of people saying this is a partisan and bitter times right now in washington. you have been around a long time. do you feel like it's a unique time, or do we talk about this in cycles regardless of who is president or in congress? >> i think it's a very vicious partisan moment, and

i think the one thing we ought to understand about john mccain, whatever else you think about where he stands politically, he has been very, very consistent in his loyalty to what he thinks the best interest of the military are. i think his life is a story of dedication to the united states military. so i think he's speaking from a place of conviction. and where we find on this now, anderson, is that the head of the joint chiefs, mike mullen, pointed by george w. bush, let's remember, and secretary gates also appointed by george w. bush, both supported this today, but what we haven't heard from the other chiefs, and my sense is, from talking to people in the military, that what you're going to find is the u.s. army and the air force and the navy are comfortable with moving ahead, with getting rid of this don't ask, don't tell and moving, as the president wants. the u.s. marine corps is a different story. back when bill clinton was president, the u.s. marine corps and general mundy then as a commandant was very resistant, and today the u.s. marine corps, i think, at the leadership is re

. >> warner: sparks flew when arizona senator john mccain criticized the democrat's process for arriving at their overhaul plan. >> now both of us during the campaign promised change in washington. in fact, eight times you said that negotiations on health care reform would be conducted with the c-span cameras. i'm glad more than a year later that they are here. unfortunately, this product was not produced in that fashion. it was produced behind closed doors. >> let me just make this point, john. because we're not campaigning anymore. the election's over. >> (laughs) i'm reminded of that everyday. >> warner: with giant stacks of more than 2,000 pages of the democrats' bills piled in front of him on the tables, republicans repeatedly zeroed in on differences rather than any agreement. >> there is a reason why we all voted no. and it does have to do with the philosophical difference that you point out. >> it's just a fundamental disagreement between us. does washington know best about the coverage people should have or should people have that choice themselves? >> woodruff: as they waited f

and both john mccain and both richard nixon needed it in 1960. so in 1960, all the attention goes in the primary season to the democratic side of the aisle and that is really -- when we talk about primaries in 1960, we are talking floral, we're talking to. there are about maybe eight or nine officially. most a beauty contest. some are not contested or they are contested by a lower rank guys. the only two which amount to anything in 1960 are in wisconsin and in west virginia and they are, jfk is out to prove he can be viable as a catholic nominee, as a young fellow. and he doesn't have to prove it to lyndon johnson. because lyndon johnson is mystery of backroom. he is the deal he's not going to go into primaries. and in any case, primaries don't count for that much. so he's not going to waste of effort. the fellow waste in this effort are taking a shot against jack kennedy and these two primaries, which are not new hampshire or any of those others, or california, but in wisconsin and west virginia. his hubert horatio humphrey, united states senato