mccain. people were shocked when it happened and that the time the mccain campaign said she had been on the list under consideration for a long time she received as much background check so-called vetting as any of the other people john mccain considered part of their skepticism about that at the time but is so much we are right in game change the political journalism parade moved on. there were other things to cover, sarah palin's incredible speech so this is one case where we went back to say what was the truth? the truth is that she was brought into the game of consideration as mccain's running mate very late, after their main focus, joe lieberman fell apart as an option. they needed a game-changing pickens lieberman was a game-changing picc of some sort and palin was another. 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 p

that was one of many causes of tension between the palins and the mccain staff.ost: david, next caller. caller: on my part i am identified as no party affiliation. i always -- when the politician preaches the corrupt year, -- when the politicians it reaches the crop year, i will not vote for them. with clinton into york -- if i was a resident of new york, i would not have voted for her, because she moved in. and many voters in southwest florida thought they were voting for his father and they were very upset that they had voted for his son. i was extremely upset, being a disabled veteran, 1 george w. bush -- host: let me jump in here, because we're running out of time. what is your question or comment? guest: this is a question i have recently started asking my friends about voter fraud. which of the three largest cities in the u.s. have a reputation, whether it is deserved or not, for having corrupt elections? host: i am not sureç of this cn answer that we want to take a stab at it? guest: never be wrong picking cities in louisiana and new jersey. host: let me

so you are going to run to the right of mccain.or a long time. he has a lot of rich friends. so how are you going to beat him? >> well, i'm going to beat him by simply appealing to the voters in the arizona republican primary in august. >> bill: do you have enough money to do -- >> -- i apologize for it the warm reception we have gotten across the state. couple of other notes on polling. bill, you may recall that in october of last year, over 60% of arizona republicans said they did not believe john mccain shared their basic conservative values. that was followed the next month with the poll heard around the world, a mass muffin poll that had john and me in a statistical dead heat. >> bill: but you have fallen back. let's talk strategy here for a minute. >> sure, um-huh. >> bill: all right. you are running to the right of mccain. and he is a moderate republican. there is no doubt about it. but, in your state, you get heavily hispanic, you know, it's gone way up, the hispanic votership. and there are conservative hispanics in the re

now that those things, john mccain said he would defer to are actually happening, senator mccain hashanged his bhind th mind about them. in addition to his loss of temper today, a couple of other important things happened, first, carl levin made clear that dropping don't ask, don't tell can happen with not 60 votes, but 50 in the senate, or maybe even 40. this was a sort of subtle but important moment at the hearing. watch his exchange here with joe lieberman. >> it's up to us, we in the congress, and in the senate, we have to get 60 votes to repeal don't ask don't tell, or else it will remain in effect. thank you. >> unless there's a provision inside the defense authorization bill that goes to the floor which would then require an amendment to strike it from the bill, in which case the 60 vote rule would be turning the other way. >> it is -- no, it is with great appreciation that i accept the higher wisdom of the chairman on the committee. >> senator lev season saying that on the senate side, if repealing don't ask don't tell could be done as part of a big defense bill, a big defens

mccain, 10 to 12 opportunities to change his mind on this again? >> there's no doubt about the fact you take that long, not just in the congress, but some people in the military, if you look at the experience of other countries, it doesn't have to be that way. in 1999, the european court told the british military, which is very similar to ours in terms of submarines and they go -- expedition airy forces, they were told you have to change the policy. the british changed it right away, just changed it. you can do that, and i think that's what we have to be very careful of, that people don't try to slow walk this thing, and keep the pressure on. i'm hopeful that in this year's defense authorization bill, they can put an amendment on there that will change the policy. >> yeah, like we have to phase out lying in the military. lawrence korb, former assistant defense secretary under president reagan. thanks for your perspective. >> thanks for having me. >>> as the fate of health care reform hangs in the balance in congress, another reminder of the need fo

she endorses mccain in arizona. endorsed the governor because that's a buddy of hers. she endorses ron paul, who is a non-establishment candidate in an open thing in kentucky. chris, you've had these battles in your party -- >> but why is -- why do you see rush limbaugh lambasting mitt romney, who's probably going to be your party nominee i think if you look down the road probably? it looks like it. for backing john mccain, your previous party nominee. how can you be more regular than that? here he is, rush limbaugh. 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. no

guest: that's the mccain argument.worth argument is that conservatives have long been at war with moderate john mccain. we saw that in 2008 when the conservatives were disillusioned with the presidential campaign, so they see this as an opportunity to get a more conservative senator in arizona. i think the gentleman has well summarized the mccain pitch. host: caller? caller: i wanted yourÑi thought on campaign contributions and can congress correct that? guest: you are referring to the citizens united decision and a lot of people are concerned about it because they don't know the extent to which corporations will take advantage of this. i tend to believe they won't take advantage to the degree that some critics fear. but it is true that the decision may have opened up another loophole permitting corporations to give to nonprofit groups that don't have to disclose their donars, thereby in a sense washing the money. will.i.am just -- we'll just have to watch very closely what happens in this election. if it turns into a

that sounds more like john kerry in 2004 than the john mccain i used to work with. >> and the mccainis 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 earmarks. and let's not forget john's ill fated amnesty plan. according to the heritage foundation, $2.6 trillion on retirement benefits alone for illegals granted citizenship. so it's an interesting paradox. john doesn't want a medicare prescription drug benefit for lawful seniors but wants to expand those rights for illegals suddenly made citizens? look, it just doesn't watch. and the more people take a look at the real john mccain record, the more we'll see john try t

but understand i was in a cabinet room witness saying both senator mccain and senator obama was there in the middle of the campaign with the congressional leaders where not only do we not come together, it broke out people did not come to physical blows but it was verbal blows a and chaos. and the democrats assembled in the roosevelt room. by wind and uninvited. i did it just to try to break the tension and to get a smile or laugh tour. it did not really have the desired effect. [laughter] i remember as i recall in the book, i said please do not go out and a blow this up and the speaker said we are not the ones that blow with up. she was right. >> host: you have seen how government operates abroad, nobody has a better perch on which to view the economy and to return trends about the economy going forward. as i understand it, when you were secretary you had to have your money in a blind trust that now presumably it is over. don't give me the names of stocks although you are free. [laughter] but give us the idea of the composition in terms of bonds or stocks or what portfolio could you

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 stimulus debate he was very outspoken in that. he's been outspoken in the senate but i guess among fellow senators they would say he's become angrier. no one loses the presidential election is affected by it. everyone is affected by it in some way. >> lehrer: thank you very much, both of you. >> brown: finally t

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,

she has senator mccain discussing attorney general holder. >> 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 g

thank you. >> thank you, senator mccain. senator udall. >> thank you for holding this very important hearing. i want to acknowledge secretary gates, the work you've done to put a plan in place and admiral mullen, i think the centerpiece of your statement will be long remembered for the courage and the integrity and with which you outlined your own personal beliefs and how we can proceed. i'm proud to hail from the region of the country, the rocky mountain west, where we have a live and let live attitude. some people would call it small l libertarianism. the choices people make are not the government's business. and i can't help but think about the great arizona, i grew up in arizona, my father was an arizonan, my mother was a coloradan, i had a great honor to represent colorado now, but barry goldwater once said you don't have to be straight to shoot straight. and that's the opportunity that we have here today as the congress and the pentagon moves forward. i have a few concerns i would like to share in the couple minutes th

guest: that's the mccain argument.worth argument is that conservatives have long been at war with moderate john mccain. we saw that in 2008 when the conservatives were disillusioned with the presidential campaign, so they see this as an opportunity to get a more conservative senator in arizona. i think the gentleman has well summarized the mccain pitch. host: caller? caller: i wanted yourÑi thought on campaign contributions and can congress correct that? guest: you are referring to the citizens united decision and a lot of people are concerned about it because they don't know the extent to which corporations will take advantage of this. i tend to believe they won't take advantage to the degree that some critics fear. but it is true that the decision may have opened up another loophole permitting corporations to give to nonprofit groups that don't have to disclose their donars, thereby in a sense washing the money. will.i.am just -- we'll just have to watch very closely what happens in this election. if it turns into a

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.

those are mccain-feingold lost. it is very complicated. you need to hire a battery of lawyers and accountants before you even start. you don't to be in trouble on your first step. >> did you know that the first time you would end up in the supreme court it would be with "hillary the movie." >> i was hoping so. i spoke with different lawyers, including ted olson, and said that i really thought i had an interesting idea. you never know what happens. it is always hypothetical at that time. but the theory of the case developed early on for me. i walked into my general counsel's office and i told them what i thought. he said, that is a really good idea. this is a very important point. the federal election commission had an opportunity to make this go away. i went to them in 2004. i said, please, i am just one guy. may i please have the media exception? they said no. >> why not? >> we were not a media entity at that point. we were not considered mainstream media. over 30 years ago, you were one guy with an idea and cameras and they could tell yo

mccain and president obama. i think mr.s to add anything to that? andy? >> they will use anything, but the position of mccain and obama as i understand it is that guantanamo bay causes terrorism, and we hear that is real causes terrorism, gtmo, israel, abu ghraib -- we hear that israel causes terrorism. >> i think soft drinks cause it. >> causes this are things that make them think they can win. -- what causes this are things that make them think they can win. ñrwhat makes a difference is we stopped them from attacking, but if anybody thinks -- i convicted a guy, sitting in a nice civilian prison, after having a nice civilian trial, if you think those guys are not offended that he is in an american prison, just because he happened not to be in gtmo, that is suggesting of being completely divorced from the reality of who we are dealing with. >> thank you very much. we are going to try to get to the last two. >> hello, i am with a blog, if you could not tell from my tennis shoes, and i am also a former marine. my question is

senator mccain.ke this point, john, because we're not campaigning anymore. the election is over. >> i'm reminded of that every day. >> well, i -- >> senator john mccain here with live reaction and then sorry, charlie. it appears your bad habits are catching up with you. i'm talking about rangel and i'm talking geraldo rivera on charlie rangel, a guy he knows well, next. [ camera shutter clking ] [ engine revs ] [ indistinct conversations ] [ enginrevs ] [ indistinct conversations ] [ tires squeal ] [ indistinct conversations ] [ engine revs ] [ glass shattering ] [ tires screech ] [ male announcer ] taking its rightful place in a long line of amazing performance maines. this is the 2010 e-coupe. this isercedes-benz. i had a great time. me too. you know, i just got out of a bad relatio... it's okay. thanks. goodnight. goodnight. (door crashes in, alarm sounds) get out! (phone rings) hello? this is rick with broadview security. is everything all right? no, my ex-boyfriend just kicked in the front door.

>> 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

jill mccain race 230,000 so from goldman sachs obama raised zero-- four to one. you look down the line at the wall street industry, obama raised more than any other candidate in history from microsoft it was 10-1 infirmed google it was something like ten to one that obama out raise mccain so why did they give this much money to barack obama? were they buying him off? that was the accusation that the republican president, at the time george bush would out raise someone they said he was being bought off and maybe later in the question period we can debate whether not that happened. i am a reporter. i have clear opinions. at ron paul amaya cover. i am very clear. i still believe in government intervention in the economy in any situation but i also the report on things that can substantiate. i don't know what barack obamas motives for. i'm not going to spend a lot of time guessing. i will assume for the sake of this book he really is trying to help the country but the net effect of his policies is to end up helping the biggest businesses, the lobbyists, the most ent

i want to make a special note to senator mccain. one of the first folks, first senators that came out and supported me. i especially want to thank the people of massachusetts who sent me here. i can't promise i will be right in every vote i make but i will be sure i will make mistakes from time to time. however, i always tried to learn and grow and i will do the very best job that i can and on an every day basis. my daughters couldn't be here today. psh a basketball became in an hour against duke. my youngest has a test in syracuse. i felt their presence. you may have noted the bibles i was holding their bibles they received when they -- in various stages of their lives. it was nays to have them here in spirit. people have asked me why i wanted to get sworn in so quickly after the results had been certified. the answer is pretty -- no hidden agenda. the answer is basic. i want to get to work. the secretary of state has certified the results. we gave him initially a fair amount of time. he called the other day and said they were read

in the first upon the mccain debate obama was criticized for agreeing at eight times with mccain that is shown as a sign of weakness. richard nixon took this two extreme and said earlier, this is still a democratic nation big a voter registration for the democratic party. jack kennedy rarely spoke and always emphasized the fact he was a democrat and a new it was lending. he starts out in the opening and says i represent the party of roosevelt and truman and we have brought you so security and the tennessee valley authority and electrification and all of these good things and extend represents harding and coolidge and hoover the party that brought you the great depression and howard k. smith. mr. nixon how do you respond? >> i have no comment. >> this is basically taking the fifth amendment. this is not good. and nixon pulls himself up for that. his body language is still very poor. he has the 5:00 shadow going on mixing case was the 8:00 shadow. foley fact of the visual effect of nixon was one of gft aide said by looking like an escaped convict using can look like the original fugitiv

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

senator mccain? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank secretary gates and admiral knows what is turning into a very long boring for them. we appreciate your patience and your input on this very, very important issue. we need to consider the don't ask, don't tell policy that the president has made clear, most recently last week in his state of the union address that he wants congress to repeal. this would be a substantial and controversial change to our 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. our men and women in uniform are fighting two wars, guarding the front lines against a global terrorist enemy, serving and sacrificing a battlefield far from home, and working to rebuild and reform after more than eight years and conflict. at this moment, immense hardship for our armed services, we should not be seeking to overturn the don't ask, don't tell policy. i want to make one thing perfectly clear up front. i

mccain: mr. president, first i'd like so to* say to the the senator from from delaware, thank you for your strong statement. thank you for your longtime advocacy of human rights. i and others are pleased to have the opportunity to work with you in a common cause of human rights and democracy, and i thank the senator from delaware. mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to have colloquy with the senator from connecticut, senator lieberman. and i'm aware of the time constraints of the -- of being in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mccain: mr. president, today is the 31st anniversary of the islamic republic. and, unfortunately, it's a record that many would rather forget, 31 years of economic potential loss stolen by a corrupt elite. we know what's gone on over the last 31 years. right now as we speak, if anyone watching wants to turn on cable news, turn on fox news, and you will see videos coming out of tehran of innocent young people, young and old, being beaten and

chairman. >> thank you, senator mccain. i will put the balance of my statement in the record -- and there's part i don't have your statement, that will be made part of the record if you wish. secretary gates, we welcome you. admiral mullen, please proceed. >> mr. chairman, members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you to request the budget request for fiscal year 2011. i first want to thank you for your support of the men and women of the united states military these many years. these troops are part of an extraordinary generation of americans who have answered their country's call. they have fought our wars, protected our interests and allies around the globe, and as we have seen recently in haiti, they have also demonstrated compassion and decency in the face of incomprehensible loss. i have a brief opening statement to provide an overview of the budget request. my submitted statement includes many more details that@@@@@@ @ for acquisition, lo kwgistics a technology, the financial management

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thank you. >> thank you, senator mccain. senator udall. >> thank you for holding this very important hearing. i want to acknowledge secretary gates, the work you've done to put a plan in place and admiral mullen, i think the centerpiece of your statement will be long remembered for the courage and the integrity and with which you outlined your own personal beliefs and how we can proceed. i'm proud to hail from the region of the country, the rocky mountain west, where we have a live and let live attitude. some people would call it small l libertarianism. the choices people make are not the government's business. and i can't help but think about the great arizona, i grew up in arizona, my father was an arizonan, my mother was a coloradan, i had a great honor to represent colorado now, but barry goldwater once said you don't have to be straight to shoot straight. and that's the opportunity that we have here today as the congress and the pentagon moves forward. i have a few concerns i would like to share in the couple minutes th

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

i am proud to be a co-sponsor with senator mccain. the abuses of the iranian government against their own people are not just rumors, but in the extraordinary power of modern telecommunications, we see them with our own eyes. we see them today in youtube postings and internet text messages we're getting from people on the streets of iran. as the human rights movement has grown within the country, the government has increased its suppression or attempt to increase suppression, but i think senator mccain said it right. the day the iranian woman was allowed to bleed to death on the streets of around at the hands of a representative of the iranian government was the beginning of the end of this fanatical, destructive, dangerous regime in tehran. china alleges difficult for people involved in this struggle within iran. i hope this legislation -- i know this is difficult for people involved in this struggle within iran. i hope this sends a message. the fact is this legislation has already won broad bipartisan support. give we have 10 co-spo

. >> 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

mccain's fight against campaign finance, also saying that senator mccain said before that if the generals that he would take a second look. he has now said he doesn't think the policy should be changed. he also -- on the debt issue, says that -- he calls this another traditional mccain issue. he had been a co-sponsor of a mccain debt commission, but after the vote he came up and aligned himself with the proposal. on a full line of issues he said mccain hasñr switched to the opposition. your paper has endorsed mccain in the past. he came to new hampshire when he wanted to revive his presidential campaign in 2008. do you see a different mccain in the last year? guest: i don't know that there is a different mccain. you know, mccain has always been someone who goes with his gut on issues. i think that's one of the reaso&k toward the end of the presidential campaign in 2008 he started a -- he started to tank. because he changed his mind on some issues. he flew back to washington to vote on the bank bailout. i -- that sort of -- i guess you might call it by the seat of his pants behavior -- has

she's going to be in, understandably, campaigning for john mccain out in arizona. but we're going to see her all over this country. is she the most prominent republican right now and also the standard bearer for the tea party, angry voter that has been described by david bonior? >> if you want to raise money or get press coverage, sarah palin is probably as good as anyone in the party right now. not surprisingly, she's campaigning for john mccain. on one level, that's obviously true. he elevated her to the role she now has. 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, som

in the first, obama mccain debate, obama was criticized for agreeing safe, seven, eight times with mccain and that was said to be a sign of weakness. and richard nixon took this to extremes in the first part of that debate with jack kennedy. now, as i said earlier, this is still a democratic nation and big, big voter registration edge for the democratic party. jack kennedy, wherever he spoke, always emphasize the fact that he was a democrat. he knew this as a winning pitch. so he starts out in his opening thing, and says i represent the body of wilson and roosevelt and truman and we have brought to social security and the tennessee valley authority and five for health care and rural electrification and all these good names. and mr. nick sent represents harding and coolidge and hoover, the party that brought you the great depression. and the moderator says, mr. nixon, how do how do you respond to that? i have no comment. [laughter] now, this is basically pleading the fifth amendment to being a republican. this is not good. last last mac and nixon pulled himself up for the rest of the debat

with senator mccain on the fence, it is not clear how this moves forward. could stay with us for a couple of minutes, we want to get your reaction out there to this democratic proposal to make some changes. jesse, joining us from lebanon, tenn.. caller: i was waiting for you guys to say something about congress stepping in, which is what i feel needs to be done. all of these people take money from corporations. it shouldn't all be reined in. senator mccain, as you know, was featured in "usa today" with bob beckel and cal thomas, who is a liberal against conservatives. again, is senator mccain going back on his word? just like he did with gays in the military? not going to vote -- going back to the right, not being the maverick that he said he was? we know that he got screwed over by president bush in south carolina. host: charles, independent line, chicago. good morning. caller: the morning. this is sending the united states straight into an all agree. -- oligarchy cal. as we speak, grassroots organizations are forming to fight against this, leading directl

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

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

chairman. >> thank you, senator mccain.nd i will put the balance of my statement in the record -- and there's part i don't have your statement, that will be made part of the record if you wish. secretary gates, we welcome you. admiral mullen, please proceed. >> mr. chairman, members of the >> mr. chairman, members of the committee, thank opportunity to appear before you to request the budget request for fiscal year 2011. i first want to thank you for your support of the men and women of the united states military these many years. these troops are part of an extraordinary generation of americans who have answered their country's call. they have fought our wars, protected our interests and allies around the globe, and as we have seen recently in haiti, they have also demonstrated compassion and decency in the face of incomprehensible loss. i have a brief opening statement to provide an overview of the budget request. my submitted statement includes many more details that i know are of interest to the committee. >> mr. secret

host: you wrote about mccain and harry reid last week.one and join with us to do great things for the country. he 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

praised mccain for being principled.o he wasn't heavily partisan mood. some democrats wanted him to be. instead, what he seems to have done, may unify democrats, is do everything possible to bend over backward so they ultimately can say, look, we tried to meet republicans hatchway. we did everything we could do. and they just weren't up for it. gwen: at the same time, it also struck me that if you were just watching, virgin health care watcher, and you could hear it. lamar alexander make one argument about the -- whether premiums go up or down. and hear the president disagree with him. and not have a clue who's right. >> that's right. that was the first smackdown of the whole summit. this is a question, are my premiums going to go up or down? that's what people are wondering. that are seeing in the news all these health care -- health insurance companies in these states are hiking premiums like crazy. so it was one of these things that if you parsed each of their sentences, you would realize they were talking about two d

mccain has a lot to answer for per. >> they will use anything protection ally.positions are that guantanamo bay cause of terrorism. we hear that is real cause of terrorism, a guantanamo, israel, abu ghraib, israel, [laughter] but what causes terrorism is islamist ideology and successful attacks. that makes them think they can win. what we are trying to do is to hope they don't jump inúwith the real bad guys. what makes a difference is that we stop them from attacking. if anybody thinks -- i convicted a guy who is sitting in a nice civilian prison after having a nice civilian trial. if you think those guys are not offended that he is in an american prison because he happens not to be in guantanamo bay, that is suggestive of completely being divorced from the reality of who we are dealing with. >> we will try to get the last two -- yes, sir? >> i am a former marine. [applause] my question is mainly for the warriors. we were talking about identifying the enemy. it was after the christmas bombing incidents and the question was why do they want to do this? there is a

mccain had said the american people don't want this.obama has truly shown that he is completely disconnected from the american people when he said, the opposition has a different view on that it makes me wonder if there's a little bit more to this than meets the eye. i know president obama is very tight with sciu and they have issues with their pensions i wonder if this is another bailout to be honest with you. >> greta: i take it you didn't vote for president obama? you didn't vote for him. is there anything that you agree with him on? anything that you think he's done a good job on? >> honestly, i think that the idea of making health insurance more affordable for businesses is a great idea. but i think that his thoughts -- thought pattern is a little off. smartest way to make businesses be able to afford health insurance for people is to lower their taxes it is as simple as that we have a home business if you could lower the tacks that would take such a burden off people right now. we would be able to, you know, buy insurance for our

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