, what john mccain said over the weekend and what john mccain did today.'s the question to him. you'll hear it. >>> all right, now this. you're hearing more about the fighting in afghanistan and we promised you that we are going to keep an eye on it. how often do you get a chance to actually see what's going on in afghanistan? i want you to look at this. this is a "washington post" reporter who got this video. this fight broke out after marines raided a bazaar in helmand province. it's something that was used by the taliban to store and make weapons and drugs. we've got a lot of video like this that we can play with the sound up so you can hear it. the natural sound, that's what we say when you can hear the sound with the pictures and hear the voices. here's what i'm going to do. we will take a break real quick but stand by, because we got a lot going on. we will talk with the reporter who shot this video, we will get the latest from the reporter live in afghanistan. it's part of or week-long special coverage of this war. you will see it after the break. >

john mccain. we do not want to ignore john mccain because i wanted to credit them, i should say doing this with me was the way the book became successful. dan balz was magnificent and it could not be done without him. but said john mccain story that day and said he is a shakespearean figure. he is strapped in a shakespearean drama. his whole black -- background that made him this figure is his experience as a pow in vietnam with torture, cannot raise his arms over his head, a genuine, and then george bush crushed him in 2000 bush question and to south carolina and 80 years later he is running again for the presidency and he is defending the war policies of the george bush and he could not break loose out of that. he was trapped. i will not get into sarah palin. you can ask questions about that. [laughter] that is another story that kept coming. maybe we can wrap up and take questions. do you want to say a couple more things? >> let's just go to questions. >> there are so many people here. >> you a

the other thing, john mccain -- we don't want to ignore john mccain. [laughter] because -- because he was -- and i want to credit dan on this. by the way, i should say -- i meant to say early on, this, having dan balz with me, is the way the book became if it is successful. dan was insightful. it couldn't have been done without him. the john mccain story -- dan had said -- he is a shakespearean figure, trapped in a shakespearean background. it made him this figure remarkably so is his experience as a prisoner of war in vietnam. tortured, couldn't come out, can't raise his arms over his head. heroic, genuinely and it was the war that did him and and then when george bush crushed him in 2000 it was bush that crushed him in south carolina and the need years later he is running again, mccain for the presidency and he is defending the war policies of george bush. and he couldn't break loose out of that. it was -- he was trapped in this thing. i'm not going to get into sarah palin. you can ask questions about that. [laughter] that's another story that kept o

how will john mccain vote? >> i'm still going back and forth. >> when you had the prospect of making these decisions in the campaign you laid out this standard. >> my nominees will understand there are clear limits to the scope of judicial power and clear limits to the scope of federal power. >> do you believe she meets that test as you near your decision? >> that's the question and you expressed the defining aspect of it. i voted against her for the appeals court and i'm examining her record on the appeals court. >> is that a no or undecided? >> i'm really still kind of undecided because there's no doubt that this is great american success story. one that would be an inspiration to millions of other americans, particularly young hispanic or latino women. there's no doubt there's that side of the discussion, as well. >> one of the things when you get that break, that recess you're not going to the beach, you're going to go overseas, including to afghanistan, and we see that general mcchrystal, the new commandin

in the past bills like mccain-feingold, is there a role for john mccain, somebody who the american people trust on a lot of these issues when it comes to spending and the role of government to step in here? and is there a circuit breaker, if you will, to turn this debate from what has been mostly partisan to something bipartisan? >> well, first of all, unfortunately, there was no input by republicans in the writing of the bill. it was all a democrat proposal. that's not the way you want to begin if you're really interested in true bipartisan result. maybe we can go back and all of us, and i'd be glad to play a role. i have been playing a small role on the committee. and i'd be glad to try and help. but it's got to be a true sit down, okay, what are you going to concede? how we can come together. not, here's the plan, how can we fix it so it satisfies enough of you to call it "bipartisan." that's a huge difference. >> just before the inauguration, the president had a dinner in your honor and said you're an american hero and a guy who reached across the aisle, and that's the tone he wanted

>> john mccain, the grand canyon. only on "this week." >>> then -- >> there's something about august going into september, where everybody in washington gets all wee-weed up. >> the president's greeted for a break to recharge his agenda. and all of the week's politics on our "roundtable." >>> and, as always, "the sunday funnies." >> apparently we're going to have a runoff election. in afghanistan, that's where the taliban shows up and everyone in afghanistan, that's where the taliban shows up and everyone runs off. captions paid for by abc, inc. >>> hello, again. i am just back from a little bonus summer break, a trip to the grand canyon with john mccain. >> there's a place called phantom ranch. >> last week, the president was here with his family. this weekend, mccain's son, jimmy, back from iraq, joined his dad. >> you want a picture with us. get in the center, george. >> the senator is holding hearings on how to preserve our national parks. >> the udalls and mccains, love for the land. love for the place. people wo

meghan mccain.ay, mccain has taken on all three of them. >>> and in "worsts" getting away with saying democratic congressmen should be terrorized. getting away with writing that obama was comparable to a lucky black cat. and the magic number is ten, the number of times frank burns of news referred to his own ratings or own magazine cover during his own show last tonight. you're slipping, bill-o.thro ng . why? you seem to really like it. i do. my wife wants me to. she says there can't be any fiber in it. (mr. mehta) it's got a third of a day's worth of fiber. it tastes way too good to have fiber! ten crunchy little layers frosted to perfection. i eat what i want. she's here, isn't she? she is. hey. (announcer) fiber one frosted shredded wheat. cardboard no. delicious yes. for depression still have depression symptoms. talk to your doctor if your antidepressant alone isn't enough, one option he may consider is adding abilify. abilify is fda-approved to treat depression in adults when added to an antid

>>> first it was poltergeist versus meghan mccain, and then laura ingraham versus meghan mccain.in has taken on all three of them. >>> and in "worsts" getting away with saying democratic congressmen should be terrorized. getting away with that obama was comparable to a lucky black cat. and the magic number is ten, the number of times frank burns of news referred to his own ratings or own magazine cover during his own show tonight. you're slipping, bill-o. our next class laptops could be perfect for you. we got student feedback and designed them specifically for college. are they legit brands, though? boom! we partnered with hp, toshiba, sony and dell. okay. uh, what's the square root of 841? 29. announcer: laptops designed for college and thousands of people eager to help. >>> first, tonight's "worst >>> conservative pundit old media, new media cat fight next. >>> first, tonight's "worst persons in the world," brought to you by fixed news, which today saw geico and sargento cheese. join the advertiser boycott of glenn "lonesome" beck. tonight's lead story, bill-o the clown and hi

if so, you can't go wrong with mccain/"fine-gold." [ cheers and applause ] it commemorates the mccain-feingoldact and also looks great with evening wear. thank you, cindy. [ cheers and applause ] >> and what busy hockey mom wouldn't want to freshen up her home with sarah palin's ayers fresheners? ya plug these into the wall when something doesn't quite smell right. [ laughter ] also too, it's good because it reminds people about william ayers. [ laughter ] >> having trouble cutting through a tough piece of pork? not anymore. with john mccain's complete set of pork knives, they cut the pork out. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> so instead of going to one of those elite department stores with their liberal agendas and over-priced items and their gotcha return policies that violate your first amendment rights, why not do your holiday shopping with us? okay, listen up, everybody, i'm going real great now so keep your voices down. available now we got a bunch of these "palin in 2012" t-shirts. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] just try and wait until after tuesday to wear them. okay? beca

we'll watch you closely tomorrow. >> thanks, larry. >> larry: john mccain. one of ted kennedy's closest friends is us with, senator chris dodd. he'll join us soon. don't go away. if you've had a heart attack caused by a completely blocked artery, another heart attack could be lurking waiting to strike. a heart attack caused by a clot, one that could be fatal. but plavix helps save lives. plavix taken with other heart medicines, goes beyond what other heart medicines do alone, to provide greater protection against heart attack or stroke and even death by helping to keep blood platelets from sticking together and forming clots. ask your doctor about plavix, protection that helps save lives. if you have a stomach ulcer or other condition that causes bleeding you should not use plavix. taking plavix alone or with some other medicines including aspirin may increase bleeding risk, tell your doctor before planning surgery or taking aspirin or other medicines with plavix, especially if you've had a stroke. some medicines that are used to treat heartburn or stomach u

and john mccain is next. >> larry: we now welcome to "larry king live" an old friend, senator john mccain, a friend and colleague of the late senator kennedy. it's hard to say that. republican presidential candidate. the senator will speak at tomorrow's memorial service. how did that come about, senator? >> well, vicki kennedy called me in, asked me if i could be there and speak. i told her i would move heaven and earth i would be there. and so i'm very honored to have the opportunity to say a few words on behalf of the last lion of the senate. >> larry: give us a little advance notice what your topic subject will be. >> well, believe it or not, part of the subtopic will be that ted kennedy and i didn't always agree. and from time to time we had very spirited discussions, even maybe to the point of questioning each other's recent ancestry. >> larry: i remember when, even during the campaign when teddy got sick and he was supporting your opponent, you still went out of your way to praise him. what did he have? >> well, he had a gregarious personality. he had a keen sense of how to position

he will work closely with john mccain. we all know the relationship between the two, but it might end up, something that ends up on lindsay graham's lap or somebody else's lap. >> i will ask one more question of the panel and open up to the audience. it is a policy question because we have talked a lot about politics. you have to find the sweet spot on the policy and it is complicated, right? there are four different parts to reform. you have to have enforcement that is effective and deal with the 12 million who are here without status, you need to have something to do with the families stuck in so that spouses are separated from each other and address the issue of how many folks do we need to come to the country to work. what is credible way of assessing future flow to reduce or stop illegal immigration. let's talk about the legalization and the future flow question because i feel like those are two of of the biggest ones. can you two imagine agreement with democrat and republican on those two issues and what would it loo

>> senator john mccain, eric. he tells "this week" that president obama will have to drop proposals on it if he wants to reach compromise on healthcare reform. that's why many americans are losing confidence in the president. mccain wants president obama to sit down with republicans and democrats in congress and make clear what he wants in the bill. so far the president has only given guidelines. this has been a controversial piece of the bill. three committees on the house side passed a public option. on the senate side, they're still considering co-op in the senate finance committee. >> eric: they also on "fox news sunday" talked about a booklet called your lilife, your choice, for veterans on the veterans affairs website. it sounds controversial. what is that? >> an end-of-life planning document elderly veterans can

>>> the committees served on, senator mccain served on that senator mccain says none of those amendments were "significant." he says that now, now that senator kennedy is dead. later, video surfaces of a california congressman's moment of truth when the constituent declares himself a proud right wing terrorist. more video of the kansas congresswoman invoking the battle cry of the racists of a century ago who sought to unseed the first black heavyweight boxing champ. you're watching "countdown" on msnbc. on health care reform, derailing the debate with myths and scare tactics. desperately trying to stop you from discovering that reform won't force you to give up your current coverage. you'll still be able to choose your doctor and insurance plan. tell congress not to let myths get in the way of fixing what's broken with health care. learn the facts at healthactionnow.org. >>> ted kennedy was born just eight years after the first radio coverage of a national party nominating presidential convention. that would have been in 1924. he was born in 1932. his death is greeted by a twitter feed f

joining us now first senator john mccain. senator, i understand that when vicki kennedy began calling people to speak at the wake on friday night that you were the first republican she called. i can understand why that was because you did have a very kind of special relationship with senator kennedy. you didn't always work together. a lot of the time you were on opposite sides but somehow you managed to keep this relationship going. how did you do that? >> i think it was probably because first of all we grew to respect each other. over time then have great affection for each other. you know, in this business& first you've got to establish respect. that respect sometimes was because of face-to-face discussions. sometimes for the record on issues that we had disagreements on. but the thing about ted was that when the debate was over, then he would put his arm around you and you moved on to the next issue. he never held... not only didn't he hold a grudge. he would... that was done. now let's go on to the next battle. >> schieff

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senator mccain, i'm sorry. i believe you have had access to government provided health care for most of your life. and, you know, i would imagine that most of us here are on medicare and there may be some who would like to give up that you are medicare. no, none of us do. so what is so wrong with government provided health care? >> thank you. >> i have one more question. and the proposals that you were suggesting, i didn't see any way to control costs. that's been one of our major problems, now i don't like the denial of care, the rationing of care by the health insurance companies, but that the costs have gone out of control. so how would you propose -- how would your system control it? >> i'll send you a copy of that poster board there, i don't want to get into it with mayo clinic, but, ma'am, in all due respect, here's what they said, the proposed legislation misses the opportunity to provide higher quality and more affordable health care americans, in fact it will do the opposite. wellness and fairness and

senator john mccain.ator mccain, how important is it for the republican party to try to appeal to latinos? >> on the issue of the hispanic voter we have to do a lot more. and i am of the belief that unless we reverse the trend of hispanic voter registration we have a very, very deep hole that we've got to come out of. >> okay. that's political dot number one. the gop not appealing to latinos puts the gop into a deep, deep hole. so says john mccain. ready for political dot number two? >> i am unable to support judge sotomayor's nomination. >> okay. just to recap here, dot number one, john mccain says the gop is desperately searching for ways to increase their appeal to latino voters. dot number two? republican politicians must decide how to vote on the first latino supreme court justice nominee and john mccain has decided to vote against. he's decided to make the first latino nominee ever, the first ever supreme court nominee, he has ever voted against. he's never voted against a nominee for the supreme co

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>>> the committees served on, senator mccain says noun none were "significant." he says that now, now that senator kennedy is dead. later, video surfaces of a california congressman's moment of truth when the constituent declares himself a proud right wing terrorist. more video of the kansas congresswoman invoking the battle cry of the racists of a century ago too to unseat the first black heavyweight boxing champ. you're watching "countdown" on msnbc. every day, transitions lenses are there to help care for my sight. announcer: transitions lenses adjust to changing light to reduce glare and help protect your eyes from uv damage so you can see better today... and tomorrow. live your vision. transitions. healthy sight in every light. show us how you live your vision and you could win $10,000, plus transitions will donate $10,000 to the charity of your choice. enter at transitions.com. progressive. call or click today. >>> ted kennedy was born just eight years after the first radio coverage of a national party nominating presidential convention. that would have bee

. >>> the committees served on, senator mccain says noun none were "significant." he says that now, now that senator kennedy is dead. later, video surfaces of a california congressman's moment of truth when the constituent declares himself a proud right wing terrorist. more video of the kansas congresswoman invoking the battle cry of the racists of a century ago too to unseat the first black heavyweight boxing champ. you're watching "countdown" on msnbc. >>> ted kennedy was born just eight years after the first radio coverage of a national party nominating presidential convention. that would have been in 1924. he was born in 1932. his death is greeted by a twitter feed from his family, and we were notified that the senator steps and joined by alma hart in standing vigil at the senator in repose at the library as you see live there from boston. there will be many who invoke senator kennedy's name particularly when it comes to health care if only they, each and every one of them, were required to displace intellectual honesty about it. mccain bemoans unlike the kind

senator mccain. give me a final thought. maybe something you would want to address directly to the kennedy family. >> well, there's, there's one thing that i think has epitomized the kennedy family and that is service the country. and a country above one's own self interest. ted kennedy, i think, epitomized that service to the country. he had a very heavy burden with incredible tradition to carry on and he shoulder itted it and be an institution within an institution and all of us will not only miss him, but perhaps maybe try to carry on his legacy of reaching across the aisle and getting things done for the american people. and we need this now more than ever before. >> senator mccain, good luck. thanks very much for joining us. >> thank you, wolf. >> from senator mccain, let's go to ramallah on the west bank, the former president of the united states jimmy cartser joining us now. president carter, i know this is a sad time for you, even though going back to 1980 you were political rivals for the presidential democratic nom

i think john mccain is jealous. he plotted for 10 years how he was going to be president, and a guide and nobody heard of 10 years ago became president, -- a guy nobody had heard of 10 years ago became president, because he is a charismatic personality. i think john mccain wishes he had that type of charisma. when talking about charisma, and sarah palin, he was acknowledging that she was the one with the charisma and that got the standing ovations. he said he was charismatic unchallenged. he has moved on. he has -- is happy. rather than being the rebels, he is really leading the charge of the republicans against a lot of these economic policies. greta: a lot are very hostile and critical towards him. was he aware that he had a lot within his own party? >> oh, yes, and that was another area where he thought sarah palin was such an asset. she brought those conservatives into the party who had? said about him. i have known john mccain for 20 years. -- who had question marks about him. i feel sad that he is not in the w

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tell me what we expect to hear from senator mccain?een pretty clear where he stands on health care reform. he has been pretty vocal. we know he supports some aspects of health care reform like more competition, more accessibility, but he has a problem with a key part of the president's plan. he has called in an irreconcilable difference. >> i believe one of the fundamentals for any agreement would be that the president abandoned the government option. >> we have behind us a crowd filled with senior citizens, so we expect a lot of questions about medicare, medicare advantage, the brand new bill of rights that had been proposed. they are hoping for some straight talk today. martha: thank you. trace: down the chain will take to the podium any minute from now. -- john mccain will take to the podium any minute from now. we will take you to their live. ?7is what i need to control my diabetes, to stay healthy - and get on with my life. it comes from liberty medical. and now, it's not only where i get my diabetes testing supplies - but it's wh

mccain voted no here to indiminish chris's effectiveness come primary time. we asked senator mccain to join the conversation. >> for the balance of the show, it is a delight to have you back, nice to see you. chris i'm going to begin with you. what are your thoughts on the latest maneuver, if you will, from john mccain? >> well it illustrates one of the basic problems with our political system that we use ethnic issues and we use whatever issues are in the public mind at this point for political expediency. where was john mccain before he did vote no against sotomayor before, and we would expect him to do so now. for it could be used as political fodder in that sense is, i think part of why this system has become rather despicable. >> your argument is this is whether it's the banksters, the health care pick, the conversation, this is more evidence that the political system is not set up to work properly. is that what you're saying? >> right. exactly. i mean to base a decision on ethnicity or race and for those arguing lately that to play the race card and, i

we're going to go to senator mccain, the interview i conducted with senator mccain. that ready right now. senator mccain, if you're there, i know this is a sad day for you and so many other colleagues that you have, but it wasn't just liberal democrats who loved senator kennedy. it was a lot of conservative republicans. >> there was, because ted kennedy had this unique way of doing hand-to-hand combat on the floor of the senate, and as soon as we stopped our speech making, he'd come over and put his arm around you and make everybody appreciate that we had our differences politically but personally we could be friends and work together as colleagues and friends for the good of the country. >> how much will he be missed in the senate? >> he's already missed, wolf. i think we may have made progress on this health care issue if he had been there. he had this unique capability to sit people down at a table together, and i've been there on numerous occasions, and really negotiate, which means concessions. and so, he will not only will be missed but he has been missed. >> h

john mccain on sarah palin.ain weighing in on palin's decision to step down as governor of alaska. palin was mccain's vice presidential running mate last year, as you know. governor, officially stepped down from the alaska state house last week. here is what senator mccain said about her this morning. >> everybody makes the decisions as to what is best for themselves and their families. and sarah, i think, made clearly the best decision. i think she will continue to contribute. i think she will continue to be a force. and i just continue to kind of be saddened by the fact that there is still such vicious attacks on her and her family. i've never seen anything like it. >> eric: you heard him say she'll continue to be a force in the republican party but he stopped short saying he would support her for president 2012 saying it's too early for a decision like that. >> the astronauts from the shuttle endeavor are no doubt enjoying downtime this sunday morning, now that they are safely back at home. the shuttle comman

no, where a john mccain vote for a bill without a public option -- and up next, john mccain.te house we will be back with more information. this is breaking news out of our headquarters. headquarters. [captioning made possible by fox news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- greta: senator john mccain's faced people at a town hall meeting, and he went on the record -- senator john mccain faced people. nice to see you, sir. >> nice to see you, greta. i am sorry i am a few minutes late. there are construction delays. greta: i think they call those shovel-ready projects. >> there you go. greta: you called a town hall meeting a peaceful revolt. is that what you think these are? >> i think what is happening in the country is a peaceful revolt that has sort of a ignited because of the incredible generational theft. with all of the spending in the trillions of dollars of debt, now an estimate of $2 trillion more in the next 10 years, and people are very nervous and very upset about that, and then you have a government-mandated health-care plan t

mccain goes on and on. this is significant both in terms of the politics, but also in terms of sotomayor, tamron. as you've had, sotomayor has the votes to get confirmed. what's interesting is the republicans are under such immense pressure from conservatives to vote against her and especially under pressure in terms of the first hispanic to the supreme court, and how that could hurt. arizona which has a number of latinos which are a powerful voting bloc. fascinating power block. senator mccain saying he will vote against sotomayor to be on the u.s. supreme court. >> so many people were saying since senator lindsey graham told sotomayor that were things that, quote, bugged the hell out of him" about her, he voted yes. many speculated that senator mccain would vote yes on this confirmation. his home state of arizona having a significant hispanic population. >> if he had the cover to vote yes because of lindsey graham and others about politics at home. a fascinating decision by senator mccain. >>> still ahead

. >> john mccain dijo que votarÁ en contra de la nominaciÓn de sonia sotomayor. >> pasajeros heridosn vuelo de continental. >> los hijos de michael jackson vivirÁn con su abuela. >> este es un noticiero univisiÓn, Última hora. >> bienvenidos a esta ediciÓn de noticiero univisiÓn Última hora. >> condenas por ataque de integrantes de sendero luminoso, en una zona donde operan narcotraficantes y subversivos, cinco personas murieron, tres agentes y dos mujeres civiles. >> una base antiterrorista fue atacada por sendero luminoso en un abierto desafÍo a los nuevos jefes policiales. >> la idea que tenÍan estos cobardes era ingresar por la parte posterior de la comisarÍa con balas de fusilerÍa, pero rÁpidamente el capitán tomÓ las alturas de la parte alta de la municipalidad y repeliÓ el ataque. >> granadas, cohetes, un montÓn de armamento. >> 60 hombres armados atacaron una unidad especializada de la policÍa contra el terrorismo. mataron a tres miembros. >> el camarada pedro, es el lÍder de sendero luminoso que quiere envr un mensaje. >> ya no puede ser calificado como un grupo residual, ya

mccain, one of the refreshen things about mccain is that he was impervious to packaging. they would try to get him to the set regions and he for the word -- get him to do set routines and he would throw the word maverick rebel tom, but what you saw was what you bought. bob dole was like that. they can't be slick. they're either too old or too stubborn and i think that is refreshing. >> have you ever met barack obama or senator mccain? >> i met them both. i met them as a journalist. i interviewed barack obama and i was in a group of columnists that he talked to just before he was inaugurated. he came to the editorial board and did not get the endorsement. mccain, i met in passing, including a delightful if vaguely ridiculous party that he did during the republican convention in new york were a lot of journalists went during 2004. not 1992, i did not meet him that early. what i really remember about him is that he was alive for but what i really remember is his mother and his mother's sister were both there, these women who were still running around in their 90's who were j

yes, sir. >> thank you, senator mccain. am an american nurse, it's something they have done for the past 43 years. >> thank you for all you do. >> you're welcome. but i can say that all you have to do is stand in an emergency department for an our or two and you can see the problems that are inhesrent in our health car system. one of the biggest problems is that patients can't get to their primary care system. and one of the things as you said we have to improve access to primary care physicians and it's expected that in 2012, we're going to be over a million nurses short in the united states. >> could i ask you a question? >> yes. >> in your duties, do you see the problem that i was talking about? >> every single problem you have mentioned, i have seen and i see daily. so i agree with all of your issues on health care reform. as a nurse, it's hard for me to know all the fiscal answers and i would leave that to your expertise and the experts that you use. but i would like to see more primary care physicians. >> how do you i

that's why it was such a tough nut for john mccain to crack. that tells you a lot about why that happened. he tried to appeal to an electorate that no longer existed. the same is true in many other states. the demographic ground has shifted away from conservatives under these cultural issues. you can see the data for ohio, florida, and nevada. is this likely to continue in the future? yes. this shows where we're going in terms of race and ethnic positions. as you can see, about 56% of the population is non-hispanics by today. it will be down to 46% by 2015. we will be 54% minority, a slight increase in the black population, a doubling in the hispanic population and almost doubling in the asian population. this is an ongoing set of changes in terms of the competition of the electorate. we will also see the decline of the white working-class continuing because the white population is declining and the educational upgrading and generational changes among whites, the weight of non- college educated whites will decline and college graduates will con

john mccain desperately, desperately wanted to pick joe lieberman.ed, half of the republican convention is going to walk out on you so they went with palin. mccain stayed i won't say bitter but he remained disappointed he couldn't have his buddy lieberman next to him. >> the talks went so far that the campaign manager discussed specifically with lieberman, if picked would you and mccain agree to serve only one term, four years and out. lieberman was quite willing to do that. we talked to him. he said -- i said, look, i didn't expect to getting this close to being selected. sure, i'd be happy to do one term. but the chief pollster said, have you-all read the rules of the republican convention? it takes four states to create a protest on the floor. we'll blow up the place. they decided they couldn't go in that direction. at that point both steve schmidt and rick davis felt you had to do a real game changing. they were drawn to the idea of sarah palin. they knew if they ran even a pretty good race what conventional choice for vp they probably couldn't w

how many of you voted for john mccain when it came time to cast your ballots?. >> uh-huh. >> reporter: how many voted barack obama? so are these columbus, ohio women happy with their choices? we'll tell you in a second. first, a little background. back in october we watched the presidential debates with them. the stakes were high and these voters were frustrated. >> they both talked about the bailout and how it was going to fix things. i wrote in big letters how. i need to know what these grand, big plans they've got. >> reporter: barack obama did convince nearly all of them. so now, 200 days into his term, how many think barack obama is doing an amazing job as president? no hands. one hand. how many think he's doing a good job as president? one, two, three, four, five hands. and the one person who voted for john mccain, what kind of job do you think barack obama is doing? >> i would say average. well, some things i approve of, some things i do not. >> reporter: amy polish decided to vote for mccain while in the voting booth. she was torn while watching the deb

john mccain has 1.1 million.rey, president obama may have won the election but on twitter john mccain is still going a bit stronger than the president. back to you. >> thank you very much for that. >>> actor kevin costner was among those trappedded in a deadly collapse this weekend. >>> and plus, the changes you can make to your bedtime routine to get more and better sleep. stay with us. >>> this morning dc taxpayers are paying more to educate students but seeing little gain. >>> fairfax county authorities push for a sweat monitoring device to combat alcohol- related crimes. >>> and sur price surplus. prince william county found it finishes the last fiscal year in the black. read these story and more in the examiner. the national institute of health finds 40 million americans suffer from chronic sleep problems while another 20 million have occasional problems and of course these tough economic times reason making sleeping any easier. sandra endo has more on how and what you can do for bed -- more on what to do fo

mccain. >> no. >> mrs. ms. ccaskill. >> aye. >> mr. mcconnell. >> no.

pat toomey, you voted for mccain last time, right?i voted for john mccain. >> and you voted for sarah palin, right? >> she was on the ticket. i voted for both of them, that's right. >> wait a minute. you have to hesitation. do you think she would have been a better vice president than joe biden? >> yeah, probably yes. >> probably yes? >> yeah, she would have been. >> you sound a little unsure of your party loyalty. do you think sarah palin was a good candidate for vp or not? >> you throw them at me quickly, chris. i want to make sure -- >> you could handle the question -- you could handle the question last november. how about answering it now. >> i just did. how many times? i said yes. >> okay. took you a while. thank you very much. congressman pat toomey running for the united states senate for pennsylvania. thank you for joining us. >>> still ahead, the two democratic candidates for the senate in this hot fight in pennsylvania. senator arlen specter is coming up and the man who announced today he will challenge him, joe sestak, the

i assume you voted for mccain? >> i voted for palin. >> i think he's got a good start, but don't know he's accomplished that much so far. so i think the jury's still out. >> i think he's been a disaster. and we're right now on the abyss and we're about to go over. and if any of his plans are adopted, it's -- the only thing right now saving us is the blue dog democrats. they're saving america. praise the lord for the blue dog democrats. >> save america because they're fighting the costs of the health care? you say you like the policies so far, what about health care? are they doing that right? >> we certainly think they need national health care, because we're paying like $2,300 a month for our health care. i don't think you could succeed in pressuring a marketplace that's profit driven. i think you need a national health plan. >> 80% of americans are happy with their health care. leave them alone. let's not equal the field and make everybody miserable. >> i suspect we really need a single-payer system. i don't thin

>>reporter: senator mccain asked a woman to leave because she wouldn't stop yelling.ccain admits the high cost of health care in the united states can not continue but cost must be controlled without compromising quality. >>> and you can ask our maryland lawmakers about health care reform. congressman cummings is in tomorrow on fox 45 morning news. if you have a question for him please send us a tweet at fox baltimore. >>> if you want your voice heard also contact your lawmaker directly of course. find all their phone numbers and e-mail addresses right on our web site. >>> perfect day to kick off the 128 maryland state fair. vytas live at the fair wearing a don oh, shirt. will the weather hold for the fair goers, tonight. >> you know, it is ify because we have a chance of cloudy showers here and there. we are not going to worry about that. this is ride mania tonight. it's the beginning of ride mania from 6:00 o'clock until 9:00 o'clock. only 15 dollars come out here and ride all the rides, ride them all again and justin to have a party time out here because this is go

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