mr. mccain proposes an amendment numbered 2107. mr. urther reading be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mccain: mr. president, this is not a new issue. this has been before this body on cephalo indications, and i want to assure my -- this has been before this body on several occasions, and i want to ensure my friends that if the lobbyists for the pharmaceutical companies in this town are able to block this, we will be revisiting this issue. this is an issue of fundamental fairness and decency and giving americans the opportunity to have access to the very important medication that in many cases is lifesaving. it has been blocked by one of the most powerful lobbies in washington, the pharmaceutical companies. for year, alon years, along witr senators, including the current occupant of the white house, the president of the united states when he was a senator supported this amendment. i'd like to see the administration weigh in and take the same position that then-senator obama took on this issue of basic and fu

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elected president of the united states of america and in gears here mr romney or in kids we have had mr mccain the previous years the state of affairs in relations between our two countries could could have been and would have be absolutely different france or germany is a completely different or italy for example is a completely different story because each time you have very many of this natural interests interests in economy in science in technology and in culture elsewhere we each unite our country. or whoever is in power i know for sure that when mr schroeder resigned modern miracle and thirty into power certain people asked her to to reconsider relations with russia to reconsider foreign policy of germany on the. on this day reaction and suddenly she discovered that is this is how my friends in germany describe it for me suddenly she discovered the shares of your ear. there narrow space of maneuver because interests are too big too obvious and they believe that the same goes for for france whatsoever mr all and is intending to do in his foreign policy in his relations with russia he will

mr. graham: senator mccain. the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. mccain: isn't it true the president of the united states said it was -- quote -- "unacceptable for the iranians to have a nuclear weapon"? i have a series of questions. mr. graham: yes. mr. mccain: doesn't that mean the united states of america would reserve all options in case of an unacceptable situation where the iranians continue and we have seen no deviation from that path towards the acquisition of a nuclear weapon? mr. graham: the senator is correct. here's what president obama said: all options are on the table when it comes to the iranian nuclear program. israel, i have your back, containment is not an option. i agree with the president. i think he's made the right statements and i'm just trying to reinforce them. mr. mccain: so isn't it true that we're having this debate about whether this amendment or this legislation could be construed as an authorization or opening the door for military action, that the administration's policy is already very clear that it's unacceptable f

mr. mccain: serving the right to object, and i will not object. i would like to thank both leaders for the hard work in getting this i believe one of the more important sense of the senate resolutions achieved here as we know, it's very difficult. i think wording -- words matter, and i think the fact that this amendment points out that -- that this resolution points out that we need a comprehensive policy that includes economic sanctions, diplomacy and military planning capabilities and option that this objective is consistent with the one stated with president barack obama in the state of the union address where he said -- quote -- "let there be no doubt, america's determined to prevent iran from getting a nuclear weapon and i will take no options off the table to achieve that goal." i think this is an important resolution. i thank the majority leader. i also point out that the final part of it says that, "nothing in the act shall be construed as a declaration of war or an authorization of the use of force against iran or syria." first of all, it

mccain criticized what he called mr. obama's lack of leadership. senator mccain and dozens of men held as prisoners of war in vietnam gathered for a reunion in northwest d.c. last night. it marked 39 years since their release. a former pow wrote the book about how anyone can take that wisdom and apply to their own life. >> we had years to learn who we were. you realize you cannot be what everybody wants you to be. >> all of the former pows say they were proud to serve their country and that their experience inspired them to live lives of purpose. >> police hoping to police in egypt -- piece of evidence will help them catch an impersonator. reaction from one of the victims. >> the woman told abc 7 news the last week she was on their way home from church won a car started following her and honking its horn. she thought it was a police officer and she realized he was not who he said he was. >> i saw he was a police officer. >> cared for her safety, she tells us she is cured the man will strike again. >> he did not hit me but maybe the next person will

mr. mccain the word poor or poverty doesn't come off one time in those debates. obama doesn't raise it, mccain never utters it. the moderator's never asked about it. so three presidential debates taking place at the very moment that our economy is tanking and there's no conversation about the poor or poverty in this country. fast forward four years later and half of the citizenry is an or near poverty. we cannot abide another campaign for the white house where the issue of the poor in this country is not addressed. we can't go from here to november letting mr. obama and letting the presumptive nominee mr. mitt romney get away from having another contest with a contestation of poor people's humanities is the order of the day so we put this book out now and apologetically to do our part to remind the nation that we cannot render .. l calculation. it's telling the truth of allows suffering to speak. nobody tells the truth about the suffering of everyday people. it gets rendered invisible. it never gets addressed by the body politic. so how do you do that? you go to

mr. mccain the word poor or poverty doesn't come off one time in those debates. obama doesn't raise it, mccain never utters it. the moderator's never asked about it. so three presidential debates taking place at the very moment that our economy is tanking and there's no conversation about the poor or poverty in this country. fast forward four years later and half of the citizenry is an or near poverty. we cannot abide another campaign for the white house where the issue of the poor in this country is not addressed. we can't go from here to november letting mr. obama and letting the presumptive nominee mr. mitt romney get away from having another contest with a contestation of poor people's humanities is the order of the day so we put this book out now and apologetically to do our part to remind the nation that we cannot render poor people and visible. we cannot treat them as an afterthought. we cannot at best and presidential election season treat them as some sort of a political calculation. it's telling the truth of allows suffering to speak. nobody tells the t

chief campaign adviser david axelrod and the man who ran against president obama last senator john mccain. >> mr. seau is deceased. this is treated as a suicide. >> tragedily strikes the nfl again. george will, bay buchanon. tavis smiley, austan goolsbee and fox news' greta van susteren. >>> good morning, everyone, george stephanopoulos has a morning off. we are exactly six months from election day, and in case huh any doubt, the presidential campaign is officially in full swing w president obama holding his first two a key election rallies in ohio. the president was nearly forgetting his wife, michelle, as he walked air force one in columbus. after that, the first lady introduced him at ohio state. >> we just can't turn back now, right? we have come so far. but we have so much more to do. >> and then the president stepped up and made his pitch. >> if people ask you what this campaign is about, you tell them it's still about hope. you tell them it's still about change. >> let's bring in the president ice chief campaign strategist david axelrod. thanks for joining us. >> good to be here. >> the p

mr. mccain is the usci president, john hamre. >> we don't want to delay any further to hear from senator mccain. it is a real source of pleasure and honor for me to be able to welcome senator john mccain back to css. he has been a long term, steady support to what we do and i will have to say i, more important today than ever when i look at the landscape of political washington who is bringing a strategic frame of reference to evaluate the most complicated problems? this man's at the very top. one of the concerns i've had he has four years -- for years been a champion for americans understanding asia. i mean nobody has worked harder at this than john mccain and he's had transcending moral authority to be able to do that. so where is that next generation coming? and i'm very greatful for his response when he said he is going to help mentor the next generation of senators who are coming in by giving them exposure to asia. god knows we need it. the center of gravity has moved but americans don't know it. and they don't know it because they aren't exposing themselves to this very dynamic land

mr. mccain the word poor or poverty doesn't come off one time in those debates. obama doesn't raise it, mccain never utters it. the moderator's never asked about it. so three presidential debates taking place at the very moment that our economy is tanking and there's no conversation about the poor or poverty in this country. fast forward four years later and half of the citizenry is an or near poverty. we cannot abide another campaign for the white house where the issue of the poor in this country is not addressed. we can't go from here to november letting mr. obama and letting the presumptive nominee mr. mitt romney get away from having another contest with a contestation of poor people's humanities is the order of the day so we put this book out now and apologetically to do our part to remind the nation that we cannot render poor people and visible. we cannot treat them as an afterthought. we cannot at best and presidential election season treat them as some sort of a political calculation. it's telling the truth of allows suffering to speak. nobody tells the t

mr. mccain, senator mccain. and they've done extremely well under this president. it's almost as if there is a deal, look, i'll call you fat cats, i'll call you all kinds of names, millionaires, billionaires, i'll trash you, but you'll make more money than ever and then i'll put taxes on those that make over $15,000, and then i'll say i'm going after major oil, big oil, and probably nobody will read the bills, i read it. i read the president's own words. he's going after independent oil companies, he's eliminating their deductions, not the major oil, he's not going to hurt major oil from what he's proposed. but he'll put the little ones out of business, the majors will make more money than ever because 95% of all oils drilled in the continental u.s. are drilled by independent oil and gas producers. so he said he's going after major oil, but he'll -- they'll make more money than ever if he gets his way. one other thing, this is an election year. and my colleague from texas was really going after texas over the voter i.d. i would point out to my friend from texas and

perception did show one ad prepared for the mccain campaign and apparently reject bid senator mccain. now, mrets did respond in that way to that ad. but that is no way an inference or suggestion or a request or anything like that that we have a proposal based on reverend wright. >> ben, we're talking about joe ricketts, the man behind the money here. he's a founder of td ameritrade, owner of the chicago cubs and a bison meat product firm. we know joe ricketts was a former democrat, then a republican. now he's unaffiliated. his daughter laura is a big obama re-election bundler who has raised between a quarter a million and half a million dollars for the president's re-election. it sounds like it's a family where there is a diverse array of opinions. laura says we will have different political views how to achieve what is best for america but agree each is entitleded to our own views. has joe ricketts been impugned in this controversy? >> no, i think he learned a lesson, you talk about corporate money coming into politics. this is why it's not going to. these guys touch politics and get burned

show one ad that had been prepared for the mccain campaign and apparently rejected by senator mccain. now, mr. ricketts did respond in that way to that ad. but that is no way ab infer republicans or suggestion or request or anything like that that we have a proposal based on reverend wright. >> he says, we didn't want the proposal but if you're fred davis, the guy who's going to put together this plan and you see somebody's reaction, you hear someone say that, is it surprising that he pitched the right stuff? >> no, it's not surprising. and by the way, i also agree that this is a huge conspiracy by the obama campaign to obscure the discussion of entitlement reform. the issue here is mitt romney has lived by the sword of super pacs. this is what he used to dispose of his opponents in the primary campaign. this is -- these are the elements that are going to be playing an extraordinarily large part of his campaign against barack obama this fall. >> but let me ask you because i want to make sure i'm clear about what you think is going on here. do you think that this is just another day or two, or

mr. romney addressed military families alongside senator john mccain at an event in san diego while president obama paid tribute to the country's fallen troops at arlington national cemetery. >> i wish i could tell you the world is a safe place today. it's not. we have two courses we could follow. one is to follow in the pathway of europe to shrink our military, smaller and smaller to pay for our social needs. the other is to commit to preserve america as the strongest military in the world, second to none with no comparable power anywhere in the world. we choose that course -- we choose that course in america not so that we just win wars but so we can prevent wars because a strong america is the best deter tonight war there ever has been invented. >> after a decade under the dark cloud of war, we can see the light of a new day on the horizon. especially for those who have lost a loved one, this chapter will remain open long after the guns have fallen silent. the patriots who rest beneath these hills were fighting for many things. for their families. for their flag. but above all, they were f

both in the that campaign and this one, mccain and romney have been very critical of mr. reign policy and number of decisions mccain just yesterday, very, very critical of the president's inaction regarding syria and a variety of other criticisms. so, the politics goes right on through all of this though they're going to suspend it because of today's tribute. it really started far earlier. recent look at some of the advertising spending suggests they are both campaigns way, way ahead of anything they have ever been and there is huge discussion how they're defining one another so negatively this early, memorial day, not labor day. send it back to you in new york. heather: put politics aside for the day and honor our veterans. thank you very much, carl cameron reporting live for us. by the way if you would like to listen to governor romney's remarks listen to him live by logging on to foxnews.com. gregg: coming up just minutes from now, these three men were part of the daring invasion of normandy that laid the groundwork for victory in world war ii. they will join us live to

in 2008 john mccain defended mr. obama against accusations about his religion and his place of birth. but romney has not specifically denounced trump. romney has said he doesn't agree with all of his supporters but needs all of his supporters in order to win. in addition to being with trump tonight romney will get together with newt gingrich his former rival. there is introduction about to happen with the man sheldon adelson. the billionaire casino magnate in vegas who gave the pro-gingrich super pac-2 $1 million during the primary process who says he wants to help mitt romney beat president obama. a lot of big bucks coming out of vegas tonight where he is expected to clinch the nomination mathematicly with the victory in texas. jenna: we'll see, carl cameron in d.c. thank you. >> reporter: you bet. jon: for more we're joined by michael barone senior political analyst at the washington examiner. we expect texas will give him officially the nomination but does it really change anything for his campaign? >> i don't thi

mrs. clinton, with the support of john mccain and wendy gramm who want to install secular democracies in muslim countries and insist on women's rights and installing them by force and ready to see marines die said that mrs. mahomet can vote. until that kind of nonsense stops, we are creating wars. there's no way to cut the defense budget and stop attacks on that united states. if you stopped intervening and other people's affairs, perhaps you could reduce the size of the threat. but until then, the only option we have is to kill them and we're not doing that with efficiency or speed. host: last week, in his speech, the president said it america does not want to have a country, a mirror image, referring to afghanistan. we want the afghan people to determine their own destiny. >> that is what he said. he has to say that because we don't intend to win the war there. mr. bush did not intend to do that. we are cutting and running and we're getting the muslims the idea that that we can be beat on the battlefield are rare. it's a very political speech at all last week seemed to be a very tawdry use of

mr. obama with them in a very vivid way as he just did as you just saw with senator kennedy. john mccain not do that to then senator obama. he stayed completely away from mr. obama's left wing background. romney has to highlight t. again, whoever wins the debates wins the election. and that's the memo. now for the top story tonight, reaction, joining us from washington fox news political chief analyst brit hume. all right. so, that was pretty entertaining and you didn't expect that that's the most feisty i have ever seen romney right. >> there remember the debate with newt gingrich in the florida primary when he called him out on the contents of newt gingrich's investment portfolio and it turned out that fannie and freddie were both in there after he denounced romney for something similar. that was a very similar moment to that that's the first thing i thought of when i read the transcript of the sound that you just played. >> bill: you could see at the end of that debate romney was teed off. angry, pointing the finger. hey, i don't know what you are talking about. i didn't know what ken

today, the obama campaign hit romney with a video showing arizona senator john mccain, the 2008 nominee dissing questions about mr. obama's birth certificate in the last campaign. the video suggests romney is weak for not doing the same. just moments ago in las vegas. romney at a rally described meeting a voter recently who wanted really to know if any potential presidential is not old enough if they are a citizen where they are born and if they have business experience. lathly romney is meeting with another casino billionaire. introduce him to adelson the billionaire who gave the glitch super pac $21 million and now wants to go about helping romney beat president obama. >> romney is responding to attacks on his business experience. >> he sure is. most of this week to define the president policies and attack on romney's business record as to hostile to free enterprise. listen. >> we're not the enemy. some of these liberals say they like a strong economy. but then they act like they don't like business. i want our government to support small business, middle size business, big business. i want jobs, i want governm

mr. romney. you will of course remember this john mccain 2008 moment. >> i can't trust obama.bout him and he's not -- he's a -- he's an arab. he is not -- >> no, ma'am. no, ma'am. no, ma'am. he's a decent, family man citizen that i just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues. and that's what this campaign is all about. >> romney failed exactly this kind of test earlier this month at a town hall in cleveland. >> i want to know, i -- yeah, i do agree he should be tried for treason and what you're going to be able to do to restore our constitution in this country. >> well, as i'm sure you do, i happen to believe the constitution was not just brilliant, but probably inspired. >> it was only later when asked directly by a reporter if he believes the president should be tried for treason, romney answered no, of course not. in early march, after rush limbaugh called sondra fluke a slut, all mitt romney could answer is a spineless response before quickly changing the subject. >> it's not the language i would have used and i'm focusing on the issues that i think are si

mccain. who just yesterday was on fox news sunday blasting mr. obam mr.'s national security credentials. >> this administration has feckless foreign policy to abandon american leadership. >> reminder neither side is taking even one day off from politics. weapon the votes of 22 million veterans up for grabs. new gallop poll shows romney has 24-point essential among veterans. the president has just a four-point lead among nonveterans. today in arlington, the president offered not so subtle reminder about his record. >> for the first time in nine years, americans are not fighting and dieing in iraq. [ applause ] we are winding down the war in afghanistan. troops will continue to come home. >> two days after biden used commencement address at west point to note bin laden was killed on this president's watch. >> they got him. in the process, those warriors sent a message to the world. that if you harm america, we will follow you to the end of the earth. >> while today, romney was more direct in using memorial day to make his case. >> i wish i could tell you th

mr. romney by 18 points. 56% to 38%. exit polling from 2008 shows obama beat senator mccain by seven percentage points among women in virginia mitt romney will need to close that 18-point margin obviously over the next six months. romney spent several days this week in virginia including at an event yesterday with governor bob mcdonnell and former presidential candidate congresswoman michele bachmann. congresswoman bachmann used the opportunity to endorse romney, as the party's nominee, a full four months after she dropped out of the race. the tea party favorite bachmann is framing the general election as a very basic choice. >> i think for all of america this is a very simple proposition this november. president barack obama, president mitt romney. you decide. very easy. >> and texas governor rick perry, who threw his support to mitt romney after newt gingrich bowed out also suggested the race is more about seeing president obama lose than seeing mitt romney win. >> i'm a heck of a lot more comfortable with him than i am with barack obama and that's going to be our choice. he will be ten times better than barack obama, part

mr. ricketts rejects. ricketts can't hide from the truth. the hit job was based on the idea that john mccain had missed an opportunity to attack barack obama with an ad about reverend wright in 2008. the proposal opened with a quote from mr. ricketts. if the nation had seen that ad, they'd never have elected barack obama. you know who wants this story? sean hannity wants this story. where has reverend wright been for the last 3 1/2 years? have you seen him in the news? has he been doing any protests or testified on capitol hill? has he injected himself into the political process in this country? was he around when barack obama saved the automobile industry or signed off on the stimulus package or so many other good things when it came to health care. where was reverend write when it happened? he wasn't anywhere to be found. this is low rent and sleazy and just like romney. i think romney is lying when he says he doesn't know anything about it. i wonder how often mr. romney has had dinner with mr. ricketts or talked on the phone? you mean to tell me romney went on sean hannity's radio show an

. >> republican senator john mccain, the man who went head-to-head with mr. in 2008 said the president is taking credit for something any commander in chief would have done. >> i have had a great honor of serving in the country of heroes. heroes don't brag. >> days after the mission, then defense secretary robert gates worried in celebrating the victory, insiders were too busy taking credit and not focusing on the security of the military personnel involved. >> a week ago sunday, in the situation room, we all agreed that we would not release any operational details from the effort to take out bin laden. that all fell apart on monday. the next day. also today, bill daley the man who was the white house chief of staff when bin laden was killed gave credit to agencies around the world who contributed to the mission, adding the president has a right to celebrate. bret? >> bret: more with the panel. thank you. now to the part of the world where the 9/11 attacks were planned and where bin laden's life ended. connor powell is life in afghanistan, world affairs contr

mr. chairman. commissioner ohlhausen, ebay, hewlett-packard, intel, verizon, other industry leaders, support legislation that senator mccain and i have introduced. obviously these are all capable companies, and important to consumers, et cetera. you said there might be an unintended chilling effect. they don't see an unintended chilling effect. they've signed up. they think this is important. i do not have faith in the american consumer if they're given choices? that they can make those choices? and what's the -- what's the unintended chilling effect of the american consumer? >> thank you, senator kerry. you raise a very important issue. that's one of the things i want to the explore, as i said. i'm one month into my tenure and this is one thing i want to find out more about, but i do think there is the possibility that companies that are ready, entrenched and have the data they need to create their products may not have the same concerns as a new company that may have a new product that we haven't even thought of yet that may use consumer data in a different way. >> but they're all going to be held to the same standard. t

mr. obama beat then senator john mccain by 9%age points, 53-44. lots of moderate swing voters and independents in colorado and romney spent much of yesterday calling president obama an old-style liberal for a reason. listen. >> look, we're now in the longest, slowest recovery in recorded history for this country. and it is because the president's policies are so tuned in to the old liberal approaches of the past they didn't work back then. they're not working now. >> reporter: governor romney on sean hannity's show last night. romney yesterday accused the obama administration and democrats today of essentially abandoning the centrism of the clinton era in the '90s and returning to outdated, failed big-government liberalism of the past. that is going to resonate with moderates in states like colorado and those other 11 battleground swing states. jon. jon: i hear the pro-romney super pac is taking a sort of pre-mother's day whack at the left? >> reporter: retore our future. this is the group run by former romney staffers and advisors. the new, pre-m