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John McCain
John Sidney McCain III (born 29 August 1936) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Arizona. A member of the Republican Party, McCain has been a member of the United States Senate since 1987, winning re-election in 1992, 1998, 2004, and 2010. McCain was a U.S. presidential candidate in the 2000 election, but was defeated in the Republican primaries by George W. Bush. McCain was once again a Republican candidate in the 2008 U.S. presidential election, and although he won the Republican nomination, he lost in the general election to Barack H. Obama II, who went on to become the 44th U.S. president.
- 1 Quotes
- 1.1 1980s
- 1.2 1990s
- 1.3 2000s
- 1.4 2010s
- 2 Attributed
- 3 Quotes about McCain
- 4 Footnotes
- 5 External links
- I can't believe a guy that handsome wouldn't have some impact.
- On George H. W. Bush's selection of Dan Quayle as VP nominee, as quoted in "Bush taps Quayle for VP" (17 August 1988), by Jeff Mapes, The Oregonian, p. A01.
- Like every other 13-year-old in America, she's in love with Leonardo DiCaprio, who I think is an androgynous wimp. You know what he does throughout the whole movie Titanic? He smokes.
- On his daughter, in The Washington Post (8 June 1998)
- America, the only nation ever founded in the name of liberty, never had a more ardent champion of liberty than Barry Goldwater. Simply put, Barry Goldwater was in love with freedom.
- As quoted in "Goldwater Called 'Great Patriot'" at CBS News (29 May 1998) [1]
- McCain was Barry Goldwater's 1986 senate successor from Arizona.
- Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno.
- War is wretched beyond description, and only a fool or a fraud could sentimentalize its cruel reality.
- Glory is not a conceit. It is not a decoration for valor. Glory belongs to the act of being constant to something greater than yourself, to a cause, to your principles, to the people on whom you rely and who rely on you in return.
- As quoted in "Faith of My Fathers" (9 November 1999).
Speech at Ohio Wesleyan University (1997)[edit]
- The times we live in are alternately derided for their failings and romanticized for their emerging opportunities. It sometimes seems that we now live amid greater violence, greater uncertainty; that the world suffers more conflicts and tragedies; that the poor are poorer and greater in number; that race, ethnicity and nationalism divide us more intractably than ever before.
But that is not so. Human beings are still capable of violence and cruelty. We all succumb to sin. But look back at any preceding century or even just a few decades, and you will see cruelty, violence and misery on a scale that is, with few exceptions, unknown today.
- Mankind has advanced. Human progress is ceaseless. We can look at Bosnia or Zaire or Rwanda and conclude that building just societies is a fool's errand. We are always, despite our advances, only one sin away from slipping into the abyss of terror and ignorance.
But that is not so. Generations upon generations have driven the human race farther and farther from darkness. Past episodes of abominable human cruelty are kept vivid in the memories of succeeding generations. "Never again," is the admonition passed from the survivors of the Holocaust to their descendants and to us all. And although such an important reminder will not always prevent the occurrence of cruelty and violence even at levels approaching genocide, the civilized world is more inclined to organize opposition to such tragedies if not as early as we should, at least sooner than we once would have.
- No one of good character leaves behind a wasted life — whether they die in obscurity or renown. "Character," wrote the 19th Century evangelist, Dwight Moody, "is what you are in the dark." Your character is not tested on occasions of public scrutiny or acclaim. It is not tested in moments when the object of your actions is the regard of another. Your character is what you are to yourself, not what you pretend to be to yourself or others. Although human beings often attempt self-delusion, we cannot forever hide the truth about ourselves from ourselves. It will make itself known to us by means of our conscience despite our most strenuous effort to suppress it.
- Like most people of my age, I feel a longing for what is lost and cannot be restored. But if the happy pursuits and casual beauty of youth prove ephemeral, something better can endure, and endure until our last moment on earth. And that is the honor we earn and the love we give if at a moment in our lives we sacrifice for something greater than self-interest.
We cannot choose the moments. They arrive unbidden by us. We can choose to let the moments pass, and avoid the difficulties they entail. But the loss we would incur by that choice is much dearer than the tribute we once paid to vanity and pleasure.
- You have at hand many examples of good character from whom you will have learned the lessons by which you can live your own lives. You are blessed. Make the most of it.
- I spent five and a half years in prison. The worst part was coming home and finding out Green Acres had been cancelled. What the hell was I fighting for?
- Comedy sketch on Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2000)
- I hate the gooks. I will hate them as long as I live.
- Statement about his North Vietnamese prison guards, in response to a question asked by reporters aboard his campaign bus. (17 February 2000) He later refused to apologize for using a racial slur, stating: "I was referring to my prison guards, and I will continue to refer to them in language that might offend some people because of the beating and torture of my friends." San Francisco Chronicle (18 February 2000)
- I will not take the low road to the highest office in this land. I want the presidency in the best way, not the worst way.
- Remarks following the South Carolina Primary (19 February 2000).
- Neither party should be defined by pandering to the outer reaches of American politics and the agents of intolerance, whether they be Louis Farrakhan and Al Sharpton on the left, or Pat Robertson or Jerry Falwell on the right.
- Address at Virginia Beach (2000), as quoted in The Washington Post (28 February 2000).
- By 2008, I think I might be ready to go down to the old soldiers home and await the cavalry charge there.
- As quoted in NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (1 August 2000).
- The vice president has two duties. One is to inquire daily as to the health of the president, and the other is to attend the funerals of third world dictators. And neither of those do I find an enjoyable exercise.
- In response to question by Tim Russert on how he would respond if George W. Bush asked him to be his vice presidential running mate in 2000. Interview on Meet the Press. Originally aired 3 March 2000. Aired again as a clip 15 June 2008 (transcript).
- There is some indication, and I don't have the conclusions, but some of this anthrax may — and I emphasize may — have come from Iraq.
- David Letterman (18 October 2001), linking anthrax attacks in the U.S. to Iraq.
- Because I know that as successful as I believe we will be, and I believe that the success [in Iraq] will be fairly easy, we will still lose some American young men or women. And that's a great tragedy.
- Appearance on Larry King Live, (24 September 2002)
Worth the Fighting For (2002)[edit]
- I didn't decide to run for president to start a national crusade for the political reforms I believed in, or to run a campaign as if it were some grand act of patriotism. In truth, I wanted to be president because it had become my ambition to be president.
- p. 373
Speech at the Republican National Convention (2004)[edit]
- The awful events of September 11, 2001 declared a war we were vaguely aware of, but hadn't really comprehended how near the threat was, and how terrible were the plans of our enemies.
It's a big thing, this war.
It's a fight between a just regard for human dignity and a malevolent force that defiles an honorable religion by disputing God's love for every soul on earth. It's a fight between right and wrong, good and evil.
And should our enemies acquire for their arsenal the chemical, biological and nuclear weapons they seek, this war will become a much bigger thing.
So it is, whether we wished it or not, that we have come to the test of our generation, to our rendezvous with destiny.
And much is expected of us.
We are engaged in a hard struggle against a cruel and determined adversary.
Our enemies have made clear the danger they pose to our security and to the very essence of our culture ...liberty.
Only the most deluded of us could doubt the necessity of this war.
Like all wars, this one will have its ups and downs.
But we must fight. We must.
- As we've been a good friend to other countries in moments of shared perils, so we have good reason to expect their solidarity with us in this struggle. That is what the President believes.
And, thanks to his efforts we have received valuable assistance from many good friends around the globe, even if we have, at times, been disappointed with the reactions of some. I don't doubt the sincerity of my Democratic friends. And they should not doubt ours.
- What our enemies have sought to destroy is beyond their reach. It cannot be taken from us. It can only be surrendered.
My friends, we are again met on the field of political competition with our fellow countrymen. It is more than appropriate, it is necessary that even in times of crisis we have these contests, and engage in spirited disagreement over the shape and course of our government.
We have nothing to fear from each other. We are arguing over the means to better secure our freedom, and promote the general welfare. But it should remain an argument among friends who share an unshaken belief in our great cause, and in the goodness of each other.
We are Americans first, Americans last, Americans always. Let us argue our differences. But remember we are not enemies, but comrades in a war against a real enemy, and take courage from the knowledge that our military superiority is matched only by the superiority of our ideals, and our unconquerable love for them.
Our adversaries are weaker than us in arms and men, but weaker still in causes. They fight to express a hatred for all that is good in humanity.
We fight for love of freedom and justice, a love that is invincible. Keep that faith. Keep your courage. Stick together. Stay strong.
Do not yield. Do not flinch. Stand up. Stand up with our President and fight.
We're Americans.
We're Americans, and we'll never surrender.
They will.
- I think one of our big problems has been the fact that many Iraqis resent American military presence. And I don't pretend to know exactly Iraqi public opinion. But as soon as we can reduce our visibility as much as possible, the better I think it is going to be.
- As quoted in MSNBC (31 January 2005)
- I am sure that Senator Clinton would make a good president. I happen to be a Republican and would support, obviously, a Republican nominee, but I have no doubt that Senator Clinton would make a good president.
- As quoted in Meet the Press (20 February 2005)
- Mike is the most entertaining, most knowledgeable, and most insightful guy I have ever dealt with. I am constantly entertained by him.
- As quoted in "Romney guru thrives in political 'show business'" (12 June 2005), by Brian C. Mooney, The Boston Globe
- General Myers seems to assume that things have gone well in Iraq. General Myers seems to assume that the American people, the support for our conflict there is not eroding. General Myers seems to assume that everything has gone fine and our declarations of victory, of which there have been many, have not had an impact on American public opinion.
Things have not gone as we had planned or expected, nor as we were told by you, General Myers. And that's why I'm very worried, because I think we have to win this conflict.
- Comments made to General Richard Myers in U.S. Senate hearings into the Iraq War (29 September 2005)
- I'm going to be honest: I know a lot less about economics than I do about military and foreign policy issues. I still need to be educated.
- As quoted in Wall Street Journal (26 November 2005), by Stephen Moore
- I don't think I need to tell you that there are jobs that Americans will not do. I don't think I have to tell you that there are. … [audience response] Now, my friends, I'll offer anybody here fifty dollars an hour if you'll go pick lettuce in Yuma this season and pick for the whole season. [audience response] So, OK, sign up! Ok, when you sign up, you sign up, and you'll be there for the whole season, the whole season, OK, not just one day. Because you can't do it, my friend.
- 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.
- Speaking about Don't ask, don't tell, before students at Iowa State University — Shear, Michael D. (February 3, 2010). "McCain appears to shift on 'don't ask, don't tell'". The Washington Post (The Washington Post Company). Retrieved on 2010-10-28.
- They're the government; sooner or later we are going to have to deal with them, one way or another, and I understand why this administration and previous administrations had such antipathy towards Hamas because of their dedication to violence and the things that they not only espouse but practice, so . . . but it's a new reality in the Middle East. I think the lesson is people want security and a decent life and decent future, that they want democracy. Fatah was not giving them that.
- I don't know if I would want him as vice president. He and I have the same strengths. But to serve in other capacities? Hell, yeah.
- In an interview to the Weekly Standard regarding his interest in Dick Cheney serving in McCain's administration (2006)
- I work in Washington and I know that money corrupts. And I and a lot of other people were trying to stop that corruption. Obviously, from what we've been seeing lately, we didn't complete the job. But I would rather have a clean government than one where 'First Amendment rights' are being respected that has become corrupt. If I had my choice, I'd rather have the clean government.
- [I]n the words of Chairman Mao, 'It's darkest before it's totally black.'
- In response to a reporter's question, "Which is more likely: making progress in Iraq or you winning the nomination?" (July 2007) [5]
- Contracting a fatal disease.
- In response to a reporter's question, "Are there any circumstances under which you could imagine yourself not still being a candidate when the presidential primaries are held?" (July 2007) [5]
- While I don't in any way question your honor, your patriotism or your service to our country, I do question some of the decisions, the judgments you've made over the past two and a half years. During that time things have gotten markedly and progressively worse.
- To General George Casey in his confirmation hearing as the nominee for Army Chief of Staff, before the Senate Armed Services Committee (1 February 2007) [2]
- We are paying a very heavy price for the mismanagement -- that's the kindest word I can give you -- of Donald Rumsfeld, of this war. The price is very, very heavy and I regret it enormously. I think that Donald Rumsfeld will go down in history as one of the worst secretaries of defense in history.
- Associated Press (2007-02-19). "McCain blasts Rumsfeld for Iraq war missteps". MSNBC.com. Retrieved on 2007-02-20.
- Americans are very frustrated, and they have every right to be. We've wasted a lot of our most precious treasure, which is American lives.
- Discussing the Iraq War on the Late Show with David Letterman (28 February 2007)
- Associated Press (2007-03-01). "McCain to formally announce bid in April". MSNBC.com. Retrieved on 2007-03-01.
- I'm not running for president to be somebody, but to do something; to do the hard but necessary things not the easy and needless things.
- Senator McCain's announcement speech for his 2008 presidential bid (25 April 2007)
- Full text of the speech can be found here on The New York Times
- [On presidential candidates not condemning the controversial MoveOn.org ad in The New York Times.] If you're not tough enough to repudiate a scurrilous, outrageous attack such as that, then I don't know how you're tough enough to be president of the United States.
- As quoted in The Boston Globe (16 September 2007)
- I have not been keeping up with it as much as I should have maybe, because it's certainly—This and Paris Hilton are the kind of issues that seem to get a lot more attention than maybe some of us think they deserve.
- On being asked whether O. J. Simpson could get a fair trial in the robbery case, in a televised interview on Hardball with Chris Matthews, 17 September 2007
- I would vote for a Muslim if he or she was the best candidate able to lead the country and defend our political values.
- upon calling the reporter after said interview, to clarify his position
- I'm glad whenever they cut interest rates, I wish interest rates were zero.
- Republican presidential debate (9 October 2007)
- I think they put some lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig.
- Criticizing Hillary Clinton's health-care plan as being "eerily reminiscent" of the plan she advocated as First Lady, 11 October 2007 [3]
- I am prepared. I need no on-the-job training. I wasn't a mayor for a short period of time. I wasn't a governor for a short period of time.
- In Republican presidential debate, Orlando, Florida, 21 October 2007 [4]
- Our recommitment to Afghanistan must include increasing NATO forces, suspending the debilitating restrictions on when and how those forces can fight, expanding the training and equipping of the Afghan National Army through a long-term partnership with NATO to make it more professional and multiethnic, and deploying significantly more foreign police trainers.
- In Foreign Affairs Magazine on the idea of sending NATO troops to Afghanistan instead of US forces, November 2007
- I just want to also say that Congressman Paul, I've heard him now in many debates talk about bringing our troops home, and about the war in Iraq and how it's failed. And I want to tell you that that kind of isolationism, sir, is what caused World War II. We allowed... We allowed -- we allowed Hitler to come to power with that kind of attitude of isolationism and appeasement.
- The CNN/YouTube Republican presidential debate [5]
- The issue of economics is not something I've understood as well as I should. I've got Greenspan's book.... I've never been involved in Wall Street, I've never been involved in the financial stuff, the financial workings of the country, so I'd like to have somebody intimately familiar with it.
- I looked into his eyes and saw three letters: a 'K', a 'G', and a 'B'.
- Maybe 100. As long as Americans are not being injured or harmed or wounded or killed, it's fine with me and I hope it would be fine with you if we maintain a presence in a very volatile part of the world where al-Qaeda is training, recruiting, equipping and motivating people every single day.
- When asked at a town hall meeting prior to the 2008 New Hampshire Primary about a Bush statement that U.S. troops could be in Iraq for 50 years. 3 January 2008 [8]
- I've got to give you some straight talk: Some of the jobs that have left the state of Michigan are not coming back. They are not. And I am sorry to tell you that.
- 2008-01-09, [9]
- I love him dearly. On issues of economics and … family values, there's nobody that I know that's stronger.
- On campaign economic adviser Phil Gramm; 18 January 2008; [10]
- It's a tough war we're in. It's not going to be over right away. There's going to be other wars. I'm sorry to tell you, there's going to be other wars. We will never surrender but there will be other wars. And right now - we're gonna have a lot of PTSD to treat, my friends. We're gonna have a lot of combat wounds that have to do with these terrible explosive IEDs that inflict such severe wounds. And my friends, it's gonna be tough, we're gonna have a lot to do.
- 2008-01-27 [11]
- I have a clear record, both publicly and privately, of saying Alito and Roberts are what we want on the Supreme Court.
- 2008-02-02 [12]
- Anybody who believes the surge has not succeeded, militarily, politically and in most other ways, frankly, does not know the facts on the ground.
- February 2008 [13]
- As part of Social Security reform, I believe that private savings accounts are a part of it -- along the lines that President Bush proposed.
- February 2008 [14]
- As you know, there are al-Qaeda operatives that are taken back into Iran, given training as leaders, and they're moving back into Iraq.
- The Hugh Hewitt Show. 2008-03-17, [15]
- It's common knowledge and has been reported in the media that al-Qaeda is going back into Iran and receiving training and are coming back into Iraq. That's well known. We continue to be concerned about the Iranians taking al-Qaeda into Iran and training them and sending them back.... I am sorry, the Iranians are training extremists, not al-Qaeda, not al-Qaeda, I am sorry.
- Let me say that no one has supported President Bush on Iraq more than I have.
- In an interview on Mike Gallagher's conservative radio talk show, 2 April 2008 [16]
- We can be slow as well to give greatness its due, a mistake I made myself long ago when I voted against a federal holiday in memory of Dr. King. I was wrong. I was wrong. And eventually realized that, in time to give full support for a state holiday in Arizona. I'd remind you we can all be a little late sometimes in doing the right thing, and Dr. King understood this about his fellow Americans
- Speech at National Civil Rights Museum (4 April 2008), Memphis, Tennessee
- We're no longer staring into the abyss of defeat and we can now look ahead to the genuine prospect of success.
- During General David Petraeus' testimony before Congress on the military "surge" strategy in Iraq. 8 April 2008 [17]
- I think if you look at the overall record and millions of jobs have been created, et cetera, et cetera, you could make an argument that there's been great progress economically over that period of time. But that's no comfort. That's no comfort to families now that are facing these tremendous economic challenges. But let me just add, Peter, the fundamentals of America's economy are strong.
- Interview with Peter Cook on Bloomberg TV regarding economic progress during the Bush administration, 17 April 2008
- In all candor, if I'd been President of the United States, I'd have ordered the plane landed at the nearest Air Force base, and I'd have been over here, ok?
- To state the obvious, I thought it was wrong at the time... those statements and comments did not comport with the facts on the ground. … But do I blame [the President] for that specific banner? I can't blame him for that.
- 1 May 2008; Fox News
- I made it very clear, at that time, before and after, that we will not negotiate with terrorist organizations, that Hamas would have to abandon their terrorism, their advocacy to the extermination of the state of Israel, and be willing to negotiate in a way that recognizes the right of the state of Israel and abandons their terrorist position and advocacy.
- Speaking in Charleston, West Virginia (14 May 2008)
- If I am elected President, I will work with anyone who sincerely wants to get this country moving again. I will listen to any idea that is offered in good faith and intended to help solve our problems, not make them worse. I will seek the counsel of members of Congress from both parties in forming government policy before I ask them to support it. I will ask Democrats to serve in my administration. My administration will set a new standard for transparency and accountability. I will hold weekly press conferences. I will regularly brief the American people on the progress our policies have made and the setbacks we have encountered. When we make errors, I will confess them readily, and explain what we intend to do to correct them. I will ask Congress to grant me the privilege of coming before both houses to take questions, and address criticism, much the same as the Prime Minister of Great Britain appears regularly before the House of Commons.
- "Text of McCain's Speech on First-Term Goals". washingtonpost.com. 2008-05-15. Retrieved on 2008-06-01.
- We have drawn down to pre-surge levels.
- 29 May 2008 (a time when troops were not yet at pre-surge levels); YouTube; see below for attempted recovery the following day
- Let me just say again, We have drawn down. Three of the five brigades are home. The Marines, the additional Marines are home. By the end of July, they will have been back.
- Restating his position that U.S. troops in Iraq have been drawn down to pre-surge levels; 30 May 2008; see above for misquote he was defending [19]
- Only a fool or a fraud talks tough or romantically about war.
- Campaign ad, quoted in Newsweek (23 June 2008), p. 21
- And I stopped beating my wife just a couple of weeks ago…
- Trying to make a joke, 26 June 2008 [20]
- Maybe that's a way of killing them.
- Making a wisecrack about the health impact of cigarette smoking on Iran's citizens, 8 July 2008
- L.A. Times: You voted against coverage of birth control, [against] forcing health insurance companies to cover birth control in the past. Is that, is that still your position?
John McCain: I'll look at my voting record on it, but … I don't recall the vote.
L.A.Times: [Your campaign advisor's] statement was that it was unfair that health insurance companies [are forced by the government to] cover Viagra but not birth control. Do you have an opinion on that?
John McCain: I don't know enough about it … I hadn't thought about it much.
- On McCain campaign advisor and former HP CEO Carly Fiorina's presenting mandatory birth control coverage as McCain's own position: "Many health insurance plans cover Viagra, but won't cover birth control medications. Those women would like a choice." [21]
- Vietnam vet: We haven't heard why you voted against your colleagues' proposals to increase health care funding in 2004, '05, '06, and '07, when we had troops coming back from two wars.
Madow: Instead of the answer the questioner is looking for, McCain now takes credit for the GI bill and takes a political shot at Jim Webb.
McCain: On the issue of the GI bill, I was disappointed that Senator Webb didn't support making it permanent. Senator Graham, other veterans and I will be looking to extend that to all veterans, not just 2001. I hope you'll urge Senator Webb to agree with that.
McCain: I received every award from every major veterans' organization in America. The reason is I have a perfect voting record from organizations like Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion, and all the other veterans service organizations because of my support of them.
Vietnam vet: You do not have a perfect voting record by the DIV and the VFW. That's where these votes [of yours against increasing vet health care] are recorded. The votes were proposals by your colleagues in the Senate to increase health care funding of the VA in 2003, '04, '05, and '06 for troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, and you voted against those proposals. I can give you specific Senate votes, the numbers of those Senate votes right now.
McCain: I thank you, and I'll examine your version of what my voting record is, but again, I've been endorsed in every election by all of the veterans' organizations that do that. I've been supported by them, and I've received their highest rewards, from all of those organizations, so I guess they don't know something you know.
Rieckoff: [McCain's] voting record is not very strong. The Disabled American Veterans gave him a 20% rating out of 100. Our organization, the IAVA, gave him a D rating in the last voting session. He does not have a perfect voting record from the VFW. He's consistently voted against increased funding of the VA, and he's been a major opponent of the new GI bill.
- Paul Rieckhoff of Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans for America and author of Chasing Ghosts, on Countdown, discussing a town hall exchange between McCain and another Vietnam vet; 9 July 2008; [22]
- IAVA ratings: McCain: D; Obama: B+ [23]; DAV: McCain: 20%; Obama: 80%; the AL and VFW don't perform such voting record ratings [24] [25]
- I was concerned about a couple of steps that the Russian government took in the last several days. One was reducing the energy supplies to Czechoslovakia.
- The first telephones cost a thousand dollars and they were about that big! We all remember that!
- As quoted in Albaquerque Town Hall Meeting (15 July 2008)
- Diane Sawyer: Do you agree the situation in Afghanistan is precarious and urgent?
McCain: Well, I think it's very serious. I think it's a serious situation.
Sawyer: Not precarious and urgent?
McCain: Oh, I don't know exactly—run through the vocabulary. But it's a very serious situation. But there's a lot of things we need to do. We have a lot of work to do and I'm afraid that it's a very hard struggle, particularly given the situation on the Iraq/Pakistan border.
- Good Morning America interview, after recent news that escalating insurgency and violent incidents had left around 2,500 people dead (over 700 of them civilians) since January of the same year in Afghanistan; 21 July 2008; [28]
- There is nothing that's off the table. I have my positions and I'll articulate them. But nothing's off the table.
- In response to a question regarding the possibility of payroll tax increases under a McCain presidency, 27 July 2008 [29]
- I will not raise your taxes, nor support a tax increase.
- As quoted in hall meeting (30 July 2008)
- At the moment of conception.
- Question: "At what point is a baby entitled to human rights?"
- Saddleback Civil Forum with Pastor Rich Warren, 18 August 2008 [30]
- I think — I'll have my staff get to you. It's condominiums where — I'll have them get to you.
- When asked in an interview how many houses he and Mrs. McCain owned, 20 August 2008
- Opening up the health insurance market to more vigorous nationwide competition, as we have done over the last decade in banking, would provide more choices of innovative products less burdened by the worst excesses of state-based regulation.
- In an article in Contingencies magazine, September/October, 2008 [31]
- You know that there's been tremendous turmoil in our financial markets and Wall Street. And it is – it's – people are frightened by these events. Our economy, I think, still, the fundamentals are – of our economy are strong, but these are very, very difficult times. And I promise you, we will never put America in this position again. We will clean up Wall Street. We will reform government.
- Speaking at Jacksonville, Florida the day after the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the sell-off of Merrill Lynch, 15 September 2007 [32][33]
- I don't know if you could ever say, quote "mission accomplished," as much as you could say "Americans are out of harm's way."
- On George W. Bush's address aboard a ship with a banner reading "mission accomplished" behind him, at a town hall meeting in Des Moines, Iowa.[34] (1 May 2008)
- I believe that Carly Fiorina is a role model to millions of young American women. She started out as a part-time secretary and she ended up a CEO of one of the major corporations in America. I'm proud of her record and so I want everybody to know that Carly Fiorina is a person that I admire and respect.
- On campaign economic advisor Carly Fiorina, 23 September 2008 [35]
- Bomb, bomb! Bomb, Iran!
- As quoted in "Maybe John McCain will bring back 'Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Iran'" (9 October 2008),The Los Angeles Times.
- Tomorrow morning, I will suspend my campaign and return to Washington. I have spoken to Senator Obama and informed him of my decision and have asked him to join me. We must meet as Americans, not as Democrats or Republicans, and we must meet until this crisis is resolved. I am directing my campaign to work with the Obama campaign and the Commission on Presidential Debates to delay Friday night's debate until we have taken action to address this crisis.
- Speaking to reporters in New York, regarding the need to pass legislation concerning the economic crisis, 24 September 2008 [36]
- America is the greatest force for good in the history of the world.
- Second Presidential Debate (8 October 2008)
- And we want a fight, and I will fight, but we will be respectful. I admire Senator Obama and his accomplishments, I will respect him and I want— [crowd boos] No, no, I want everyone to be respectful, and let's make sure we are, because that's the way politics should be conducted in America.
- Q: My wife and I are expecting our first child, in April 2nd, next year. And frankly, we're scared. We're scared of an Obama presidency...
John McCain: First of all, I want to be President of the United States and obviously, I don't want Senator Obama to be. But, I have to tell you, he is a decent person, and a person that you do not have to be scared as President of the United States. Now, I just— [crowd boos] Now look, if I didn't think I would be one heck of a lot better president I wouldn't be runnin', okay, and that's the point.
- Q: I can't trust Obama. I have read about him and he's not, he's not, he's a, uh— he's an Arab. He's not— [McCain shakes head] No?
John McCain: 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. He's not. Thank you.
- Town Hall meeting in Lakeville, Minnesota, 2008-10-10, quoted in McCain Tries to Tame Flames He Earlier Fanned, YouTube, 10 October 2008
- You may have noticed that Senator Obama's supporters have been saying some pretty nasty things about western Pennsylvania lately. And you know, I couldn't agree with them more.
- Said in a speech near Kansas City, Missouri, 20 October 2008.[37]
Concession speech (2008)[edit]
- Senator Obama and I have had and argued our differences, and he has prevailed. No doubt many of those differences remain.
These are difficult times for our country. And I pledge to him tonight to do all in my power to help him lead us through the many challenges we face.
I urge all Americans … I urge all Americans who supported me to join me in not just congratulating him, but offering our next president our good will and earnest effort to find ways to come together to find the necessary compromises to bridge our differences and help restore our prosperity, defend our security in a dangerous world, and leave our children and grandchildren a stronger, better country than we inherited. Whatever our differences, we are fellow Americans. And please believe me when I say no association has ever meant more to me than that.
- I wish Godspeed to the man who was my former opponent and will be my president. And I call on all Americans, as I have often in this campaign, to not despair of our present difficulties, but to believe, always, in the promise and greatness of America, because nothing is inevitable here.
2008 Republican National Convention (2008)[edit]
- Transcript by CNN
- A word to Sen. Obama and his supporters. We'll go at it -- we'll go at it over the next two months -- you know that's the nature of this business -- and there are big differences between us. But you have my respect and my admiration. Despite our differences, much more unites us than divides us. We are fellow Americans, and that's an association that means more to me than any other. We're dedicated to the proposition that all people are created equal and endowed by our creator with inalienable rights. No country -- no country ever had a greater cause than that. And I wouldn't be an American worthy of the name if I didn't honor Sen. Obama and his supporters for their achievement.
- All you've ever asked of your government is to stand on your side and not in your way. And that's what I intend to do: stand on your side and fight for your future.
- I've found just the right partner to help me shake up Washington, Gov. Sarah Palin of the great state of Alaska. ... She has an executive experience and a real record of accomplishment. She's tackled tough problems, like energy independence and corruption. She's balanced a budget, cut taxes, and she's taken on the special interests. She's reached across the aisle and asked Republicans, Democrats, and independents to serve in her administration. She's the wonderful mother of five children. She's -- she's helped run a small business. She's worked with her hands and knows -- and knows what it's like to worry about mortgage payments, and health care, and the cost of gasoline and groceries. She knows where she comes from, and she knows who she works for. She stands up for what's right, and she doesn't let anyone tell her to sit down.
- Change is coming.
- I don't work for myself. I work for you. I've fought corruption, and it didn't matter if the culprits were Democrats or Republicans. They violated their public trust, and they had to be held accountable.
- I've fought for the right strategy and more troops in Iraq when it wasn't the popular thing to do.
- I don't mind a good fight. For reasons known only to God, I've had quite a few tough ones in my life. But I learned an important lesson along the way: In the end, it matters less that you can fight. What you fight for is the real test.
- I fight for the family of Matthew Stanley of Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. Matthew died serving our country in Iraq. I wear his bracelet and think of him every day. I intend to honor their sacrifice by making sure the country their son loved so well and never returned to remains safe from its enemies.
- We lost -- we lost the trust of the American people when some Republicans gave in to the temptations of corruption. We lost their trust when rather than reform government, both parties made it bigger. We lost their trust when instead of freeing ourselves from a dangerous dependence on foreign oil, both parties -- and Sen. Obama -- passed another corporate welfare bill for oil companies. We lost their trust when we valued our power over our principles. We're going to change that.
- In this country, we believe everyone has something to contribute and deserves the opportunity to reach their God-given potential, from the boy whose descendents arrived on the Mayflower to the Latina daughter of migrant workers. We're all God's children, and we're all Americans. We believe -- we believe in low taxes, spending discipline, and open markets. We believe in rewarding hard work and risk-takers and letting people keep the fruits of their labor.
- Some may choose a better public school. Some may choose a private one. Many will choose a charter school. But they will have the choice, and their children will have that opportunity. Sen. Obama wants our schools to answer to unions and entrenched bureaucrats. I want schools to answer to parents and students.
- Sen. Obama thinks we can achieve energy independence without more drilling and without more nuclear power. But Americans know better than that. We must use all resources and develop all technologies necessary to rescue our economy from the damage caused by rising oil prices and restore the health of our planet.
- We have dealt a serious blow to Al Qaeda in recent years, but they're not defeated, and they'll strike us again, if they can. Iran remains the chief state sponsor of terrorism and is on the path to acquiring nuclear weapons.
- Russia's leaders, rich with oil wealth and corrupt with power, have rejected democratic ideals and the obligations of a responsible power. They invaded a small, democratic neighbor to gain more control over the world's oil supply, intimidate other neighbors, and further their ambitions of re-assembling the Russian empire.
- We face many dangerous threats in this dangerous world, but I'm not afraid of them. I'm prepared for them.
- I know how to secure the peace.
- I hate war. It's terrible beyond imagination.
- In America, we change things that need to be changed. Each generation makes its contribution to our greatness. The work that is ours to do is plainly before us; we don't need to search for it.
- The -- the constant partisan rancor that stops us from solving these problems isn't a cause. It's a symptom. It's what happens when people go to Washington to work for themselves and not for you.
- I've never lived a day, in good times or bad, that I didn't thank God for the privilege.
- I fell in love with my country when I was a prisoner in someone else's. I loved it not just for the many comforts of life here. I loved it for its decency, for its faith in the wisdom, justice, and goodness of its people. I loved it because it was not just a place, but an idea, a cause worth fighting for. I was never the same again; I wasn't my own man anymore; I was my country's.
- Our country will be the better, and you will be the happier, because nothing brings greater happiness in life than to serve a cause greater than yourself.
- Late evening with Col. Qadhafi at his "ranch" in Libya - interesting meeting with an interesting man.
- As quoted in Twitter (2009)
- The U.S. does not involve itself in what is happening in the world's largest democracy, nor does it intend to do so.
- Describing India's democracy as "strong and successful", and brushed off the allegation of Congress spokesperson Rashid Alvi, who objected if the U.S. is involved in India's protests.
- Osama bin Laden's welcome death has ignited debate over whether the so-called enhanced interrogation techniques used on enemy prisoners were instrumental in locating bin Laden, and whether they are a justifiable means for gathering intelligence.
Much of this debate is a definitional one: whether any or all of these methods constitute torture. I believe some of them do, especially waterboarding, which is a mock execution and thus an exquisite form of torture. As such, they are prohibited by American laws and values, and I oppose them. … Mistreatment of enemy prisoners endangers our own troops, who might someday be held captive. While some enemies, and al-Qaeda surely, will never be bound by the principle of reciprocity, we should have concern for those Americans captured by more conventional enemies, if not in this war then in the next.
- Though it took a decade to find bin Laden, there is one consolation for his long evasion of justice: He lived long enough to witness what some are calling the Arab Spring, the complete repudiation of his violent ideology.
As we debate how the United States can best influence the course of the Arab Spring, can't we all agree that the most obvious thing we can do is stand as an example of a nation that holds an individual's human rights as superior to the will of the majority or the wishes of government? Individuals might forfeit their life as punishment for breaking laws, but even then, as recognized in our Constitution's prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment, they are still entitled to respect for their basic human dignity, even if they have denied that respect to others.
- "Bin Laden's death and the debate over torture" in The Washington Post (11 May 2011)
- This is a moral debate. It is about who we are. I don't mourn the loss of any terrorist's life. What I do mourn is what we lose when by official policy or official neglect we confuse or encourage those who fight this war for us to forget that best sense of ourselves. Through the violence, chaos and heartache of war, through deprivation and cruelty and loss, we are always Americans, and different, stronger and better than those who would destroy us.
- As quoted in "Bin Laden's death and the debate over torture" (11 May 2011), The Washington Post
- We did not learn Abu Ahmed's real name or alias as a result of waterboarding or any "enhanced interrogation technique" used on a detainee in U.S. custody. None of the three detainees who were waterboarded provided Abu Ahmed's real name, his whereabouts, or an accurate description of his role in Al-Qaeda. … In fact, not only did the use of "enhanced interrogation techniques" on Khalid Sheikh Mohammed not provide us with key leads on bin Laden's courier, Abu Ahmed; it actually produced false and misleading information. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed specifically told his interrogators that Abu Ahmed had moved to Peshawar, got married, and ceased his role as an Al-Qaeda facilitator — which was not true, as we now know. … It was not torture or cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment of detainees that got us the major leads that ultimately enabled our intelligence community to find Osama bin Laden. … we are again engaged in this important debate, with much at stake for America's security and reputation. Each side should make its own case, but do so without making up its own facts.
- On claims of waterboarding as being impedimental in as quoted in "John McCain to Bush apologists: Stop lying about Bin Laden and torture" by Greg Sar in The Washington Post (12 May 2011) - YouTube video of McCaine's speech
- I can only express satisfaction that the Dear Leader is joining the likes of Gaddafi, bin Laden, Hitler, and Stalin in a warm corner of hell.
- Daily Mail (19 December 2011), on the death of Kim Jong-il.
- You know, it's interesting for the president to say something that juvenile. I'm not picking on anyone. Again, as we just said, four Americans died! Is that picking on anybody when you want to place responsibility and find out what happened so that we can make sure it doesn't happen again?
- On the Record w/Greta van Susteren, Fox News, 2012-11-14
- regarding McCain's opposition to the potential nomination of ambassador Susan Rice to Secretary of State over her statements about the 2012 Benghazi attack, and President Obama saying in a 2012-11-14 press conference, "If Senator McCain and Senator Graham and others want to go after someone, they should go after me. And I'm happy to have that discussion with them. But for them to go after the United Nations ambassador, who had nothing to do with Benghazi and was simply making a presentation based on intel she had received, and to besmirch her reputation, is outrageous."
- The president, comparing him to a kid in the back of a classroom, I think, is very indicative of the president's lack of appreciation of who Vladimir Putin is. He's an old KGB colonel that has no illusions about our relationship, does not care about a relationship with the United States, continues to oppress his people, continues to act in an autocratic fashion.
- As quoted in "McCain: Obama's 'slouch' comment dismissive of Putin", (11 August 2013), The Washington Post
- Why should you shake hands with somebody who's keeping Americans in prison? I mean, what's the point? Neville Chamberlain shook hands with Hitler.
- Regarding U.S. President Barack Obama shaking the hand of Cuban President Raul Castro at a memorial for Nelson Mandela
- The Takeaway, 10 December 2013 , quoted in Tom Kludt (10 December 2013), "McCain On Obama-Castro Handshake: 'Chamberlain Shook Hands With Hitler' (Audio)", Talking Points Memo
- While I suppose this means I'll spend this Easter in Sedona rather than Siberia, I couldn't be more proud of being sanctioned by Vladimir Putin for standing up for freedom and human rights for the Russian people and against Putin's deadly aggression in Ukraine. I will never stop my efforts to support democracy, free speech, and the rule of law in Russia,
- Remarks after being banned from entering Russia (3 March 2015)
- I don't give a damn what the President of the United States wants to do or what anybody else wants to do. We will not waterboard; we will not torture... We will not torture people... It doesn't work, my friends. It doesn't work. If you inflict enough pain on somebody long enough, they're going to tell you whatever they think you want to hear to have it stopped... There are accomplished interrogators who can gain the confidence of the suspect and gain all the information that they could possibly want... My God, what does it say about America if we're going to inflict torture on people? It makes it hard for us to make the argument about the moral superiority of our way of our government and our way of life.
- Regarding U.S. president-elect Donald J. Trump's intention to reintroduce the usage of torture by U.S. authorities, as quoted in "John McCain attacks Donald Trump's torture stance" (21 November 2016), Channel 4 News
Statement regarding the Khan family (1 August 2016)[edit]
- Statement regarding Donald Trump's comments about Khizr and Ghazala Khan, the parents of U.S. Army captain Humayun Khan, who was killed in Iraq in 2004 (transcript by CNN)
- I wear a bracelet bearing the name of a fallen hero, Matthew Stanley, which his mother, Lynn, gave me in 2007, at a town hall meeting in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. His memory and the memory of our great leaders deserve better from me.
- Make no mistake: I do not valorize our military out of some unfamiliar instinct. I grew up in a military family, and have my own record of service, and have stayed closely engaged with our armed forces throughout my public career. In the American system, the military has value only inasmuch as it protects and defends the liberties of the people.
- My father was a career naval officer, as was his father. For hundreds of years, every generation of McCains has served the United States in uniform. My sons serve today, and I'm proud of them. My youngest served in the war that claimed Captain Khan's life as well as in Afghanistan. I want them to be proud of me. I want to do the right thing by them and their comrades.
- Humayun Khan did exactly that — and he did it for all the right reasons. This accomplished young man was not driven to service as a United States Army officer because he was compelled to by any material need. He was inspired as a young man by his reading of Thomas Jefferson — and he wanted to give back to the country that had taken him and his parents in as immigrants when he was only two years old.
- Scripture tells us that 'Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.' Captain Humayun Khan of the United States Army showed in his final moments that he was filled and motivated by this love. His name will live forever in American memory, as an example of true American greatness.
- In the end, I am morally bound to speak only to the things that command my allegiance, and to which I have dedicated my life's work: the Republican Party, and more importantly, the United States of America. I will not refrain from doing my utmost by those lights simply because it may benefit others with whom I disagree. I claim no moral superiority over Donald Trump. I have a long and well-known public and private record for which I will have to answer at the Final Judgment, and I repose my hope in the promise of mercy and the moderation of age. I challenge the nominee to set the example for what our country can and should represent.
- While our Party has bestowed upon him the nomination, it is not accompanied by unfettered license to defame those who are the best among us.
- I'd like to say to Mr. and Mrs. Khan: thank you for immigrating to America. We're a better country because of you. And you are certainly right; your son was the best of America, and the memory of his sacrifice will make us a better nation -- and he will never be forgotten.
- Our government has a responsibility to defend our borders, but we must do so in a way that makes us safer and upholds all that is decent and exceptional about our nation.
It is clear from the confusion at our airports across the nation that President Trump's executive order was not properly vetted. We are particularly concerned by reports that this order went into effect with little to no consultation with the Departments of State, Defense, Justice, and Homeland Security.
Such a hasty process risks harmful results. We should not stop green-card holders from returning to the country they call home. We should not stop those who have served as interpreters for our military and diplomats from seeking refuge in the country they risked their lives to help. And we should not turn our backs on those refugees who have been shown through extensive vetting to pose no demonstrable threat to our nation, and who have suffered unspeakable horrors, most of them women and children.
Ultimately, we fear this executive order will become a self-inflicted wound in the fight against terrorism. At this very moment, American troops are fighting side-by-side with our Iraqi partners to defeat ISIL. But this executive order bans Iraqi pilots from coming to military bases in Arizona to fight our common enemies. Our most important allies in the fight against ISIL are the vast majority of Muslims who reject its apocalyptic ideology of hatred. This executive order sends a signal, intended or not, that America does not want Muslims coming into our country. That is why we fear this executive order may do more to help terrorist recruitment than improve our security.
- Statement by Senators McCain & Graham on Executive Order on Immigration (January 27, 2017) from the Office of Senator John McCain regarding [Donald J. Trump]'s Executive Order 13769 entitled "Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States", as quoted by Jacob Sallum from Reason magazine in Here Is What Republican Critics of Trump's Immigration Order Are Saying on January 31, 2017
- Putin's Russia is our adversary and moral opposite. It is committed to the destruction of the post-war, rule-based, world order built on American leadership and the primacy of our political and economic values…There is no placating Putin. There is no transforming him from a gangster to a responsible statesman. Previous administrations have tried and failed not because they didn't try hard enough, but because Putin wants no part of it... Oppose Russian aggression against the world we have built from the ruined cities and destroyed empires of World War II. Don't surrender the gains for our security and the progress for humanity that our Cold War victory achieved. Support the Russian people and their rights to liberty and justice, not the corrupt leaders who betray them... [A]ll who risk their lives to free Russia from tyranny and corruption are our allies. They are our moral equals. And the president of the United States, the nation that has been the greatest force for good in human history, should be the first among us to recognize that.
- "Russia dissidents are our moral equals" (13 February 2017), USA Today
- I know there is profound concern across Europe and the world that America is laying down the mantle of global leadership. I can only speak for myself, but I do not believe that that is the message you will hear from all of the American leaders who cared enough to travel here to Munich this weekend. That's not the message you heard today from Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis. That is not the message you will hear from Vice President Mike Pence. That's not the message you will hear from Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly. And that is certainly not the message you will hear tomorrow from our bipartisan congressional delegation. I refuse to accept that our values are morally equivalent to those of our adversaries. I am a proud, unapologetic believer in the West, and I believe we must always, always stand up for it. For if we do not, who will?
- Speech at the Munich Security Conference in Germany (February 2017)
- I hate the press; I hate you especially. But the fact is we need you. We need a free press. We must have it. It's vital. If you want to preserve - I'm very serious now - if you want to preserve democracy as we know it, you have to have a free and many times adversarial press. And without it, I am afraid that we would lose so much of our individual liberties over time. That's how dictators get started. They get started by suppressing free press. In other words, a consolidation of power. When you look at history, the first thing that dictators do is shut down the press... [W]e need to learn the lessons of history.
- As quoted in "McCain says suppressing free press is 'how dictators get started'" (19 February 2017), Reuters
- We live in a land made of ideals, not blood and soil. We are the custodians of those ideals at home, and their champion abroad. We have done great good in the world. That leadership has had its costs, but we have become incomparably powerful and wealthy as we did. We have a moral obligation to continue in our just cause, and we would bring more than shame on ourselves if we don't. We will not thrive in a world where our leadership and ideals are absent. We wouldn't deserve to.
- Speech at the National Constitution Center in Pennsylvania (October 2017)
- One aspect of the [Vietnam] conflict by the way that I will never ever countenance is that we drafted the lowest income level of America and the highest income level found a doctor that would say that they had a bone spur. That is wrong. That is wrong. If we are going to ask every American to serve, every American should serve.
- On C-SPAN3, American History TV, quoted in The Republic (October 2017)
- Respect for the God-given dignity of every human being, no matter their race, ethnicity or other circumstances of their birth, is the essence of American patriotism. To believe otherwise is to oppose the very idea of America.
- Twitter post (12 January 2018)
- People have come to this country from everywhere, and people from everywhere have made America great. Our immigration policy should reflect that truth, and our elected officials, including our President, should respect it.
- Twitter post (12 January 2018)
- [A]n American president does not lead the Free World by congratulating dictators on winning sham elections.
- As quoted in "Sasse Slams White House's Handling of 'Putin's Phony, Sham Re-Election'" (21 March 2018), by Jenna Lifhits, The Weekly Standard
- Today's press conference in Helsinki was one of the most disgraceful performances by an American president in memory. The damage inflicted by President Trump's naiveté, egotism, false equivalence, and sympathy for autocrats is difficult to calculate. … President Trump proved not only unable, but unwilling to stand up to Putin. He and Putin seemed to be speaking from the same script as the president made a conscious choice to defend a tyrant against the fair questions of a free press, and to grant Putin an uncontested platform to spew propaganda and lies to the world. … No prior president has ever abased himself more abjectly before a tyrant. Not only did President Trump fail to speak the truth about an adversary; but speaking for America to the world, our president failed to defend all that makes us who we are — a republic of free people dedicated to the cause of liberty at home and abroad. American presidents must be the champions of that cause if it is to succeed. Americans are waiting and hoping for President Trump to embrace that sacred responsibility. One can only hope they are not waiting totally in vain.
- Official statement: "SASC Chairman John Mccain on Trump-Putin Meeting" (16 July 2018)
- Did you hear the one about the woman who is attacked on the street by a gorilla, beaten senseless, raped repeatedly and left to die? When she finally regains consciousness and tries to speak, her doctor leans over to hear her sigh contently and to feebly ask, "Where is that marvelous ape?"
- At least I don't plaster on the makeup like a trollop, you cunt.
- Taken from The Real McCain by Cliff Schecter, referring to his wife, Cindy McCain. Overheard by three anonymous reporters during his 1992 senate bid. [40]
- Only an asshole would put together a budget like this. I wouldn't call you an asshole unless you really were an asshole.
- You know, the French remind me a little bit of an aging actress of the 1940s who is still trying to dine out on her looks but doesn't have the face for it.
Quotes about McCain[edit]
- These times require more than a good soldier. They require a wise leader.
- Joe Biden, Democratic National Convention (August 27, 2008)
- Frankly, neither of [the presidential candidates'] numbers adds up. But I've come to see a consistent pattern in Obama's. For the life of me, Senator Straight Talk, I see no such straight thing with yours. You rail against big government, yet continue to push cockamamie spending plans that make a mockery of it. That's why you're losing right now, Senator McCain. Not because you don't have the courage of your convictions. But because on economic matters, you have no convictions, period.
- Neil Cavuto, Fox News (October 28, 2008)
- Luckily, I agree with my party more than Senator McCain agrees with his party.
- Hillary Clinton, Politico, 11 February 2008. [41]
- McCain was down at the end of the table and we were talking to the head of the guerrilla group here at this end of the table, and I don't know what attracted my attention. But I saw some kind of quick movement at the bottom of the table and I looked down there and John had reached over and grabbed this guy by the shirt collar and had snatched him up like he was throwing him up out of the chair to tell him what he thought about him or whatever. I don't know what he was telling him but I thought, good grief everybody around here has got guns and we were there on a diplomatic mission. I don't know what had happened to provoke John, but he obviously got mad at the guy and he just reached over there and snatched him.
- Senator Thad Cochran [R-MS] recalling a 1987 incident when John McCain lost his temper with an associate of Nicaragua's President, July 1, 2008
- I think that's one reason [McCain's] "celebrity" ad [attacking Obama] came out so quickly. You know, part of the strategy here is, once you get caught [lying in an ad], change the subject, and launch a new charge.
- Columnist Craig Crawford of Congressional Quarterly, on the short interval between release of two McCain campaign ads; Countdown; July 30, 2008; [42]
- This week, [John McCain] strayed perilously close to being indicted for the deadly sin of flip-flopping, which famously helped doom John Kerry's presidential bid in 2004. [His] excoriation of the Supreme Court [ruling that habeas corpus applies to Guantánamo detainees] seemed like overkill, given the limited nature of the judgment, and doubly odd given that Mr McCain supports the immediate closure of the prison camp and the transfer of its prisoners to the mainland. That would give them far greater protection than anything the court has done.
- "Twist and Shout: The problems of pleasing everyone," The Economist, p. 44, June 21, 2008
- The McCain campaign is creating a new category of campaign maneuver. I would call it self-punking. They keep doing this to themselves. When I talked to them today, I think they were pretty genuinely upset that they'd screwed this up, that there were young people running a finance operation who set this thing up. That's their story and they're sticking to it, and they may be right about that. But the fact is that the senior leadership in the McCain campaign surely knew about this, or they should have known about it. Clayton Williams is anathema to the very Democratic women voters McCain is saying he's going after.
- In terms of the relationship [between Gramm and McCain], I think, it's strong as ever and that … Phil Gramm's advice will be taken to heart.
- Steve Forbes, a McCain surrogate, on whether Phil Gramm's role as economic advisor to McCain has truly ended, after McCain allegedly relieved Phil Gramm of the role; Gramm has been a leading deregulator of the mortgage and oil futures industries, CNBC; [45]
- The problem for John McCain and George Bush is this: they have defined leaving as losing. Therefore, we cannot ever leave.
- Chris Hayes, Washington Editor of The Nation, on Countdown; July 21, 2008; [46]
- Unjustified war and unconstitutional abridgment of individual rights, versus ill-conceived tax and economic policies -- this is the difference between venial and mortal sins. John McCain would continue the Bush administration's commitment to interventionism and constitutional over-reach. Obama promises a humbler engagement with our allies, while promising retaliation against any enemy who dares attack us. … Based on his embrace of centrist advisers and policies, it seems likely that Obama will turn out to be in the mold of John Kennedy, who was fond of noting that "a rising tide lifts all boats." … Even if my hopes on domestic policy are dashed and Obama reveals himself as an unreconstructed, died in the wool, big government liberal, I'm still voting for him.
- I have known and been friends with John McCain for almost 22 years. But every day now I learn something new about candidate McCain. To those who still believe in the myth of a maverick instead of the reality of a politician, I say, let's compare Senator McCain to candidate McCain.
Candidate McCain now supports the wartime tax cuts that Senator McCain once denounced as immoral. Candidate McCain criticizes Senator McCain's own climate change bill. Candidate McCain says he would now vote against the immigration bill that Senator McCain wrote. Are you kidding? Talk about being for it before you're against it.
Let me tell you, before he ever debates Barack Obama, John McCain should finish the debate with himself. And what's more, Senator McCain, who once railed against the smears of Karl Rove when he was the target, has morphed into candidate McCain who is using the same "Rove" tactics and the same "Rove" staff to repeat the same old politics of fear and smear. Well, not this year, not this time. The Rove-McCain tactics are old and outworn, and America will reject them in 2008.
- John Kerry, Democratic National Convention (August 27, 2008)
- The noble simplicity of sentiment in McCain's tweets is a world removed from Trump's gaudy and boastful displays. And McCain's demonstration of character and courage is a far more reliable guide to American greatness than the pronouncements of a president who speaks of it nonstop and embodies it not at all.
- Bill Kristol, "True American Greatness" (21 July 2017), The Weekly Standard
- This is not the way a tested hero behaves. … It's like we caught him getting a manicure or something.
- David Letterman, on seeing McCain on live feed being touched up by a makeup artist in preparation for an interview in New York City with Katie Couric after canceling his scheduled appearance at the same time on Letterman's show, allegedly to return to Washington because of the financial crisis; September 24, 2008; [48] [49] [50]
- Just because a candidate's opponent says something is true about that candidate doesn't necessarily mean you should lead with it.
- Rachel Maddow, on several media's leading with McCain's claim that Obama switched his Iraq policy; July 7, 2008; Countdown; [51]
- It's not change when John McCain decided to stand with George Bush 95 percent of the time, as he did in the Senate last year.
- Sen. Barack Obama; 3 June 2008 in Minnesota and later in June campaign letter; [52]
- Though both Sen. Obama and Sen. Biden have been going on lately about how they are always, quote, "fighting for you," let us face the matter squarely. There is only one man in this election who has ever really fought for you.
- Sarah Palin, from RNC Vice-Presidential acceptance speech [53]
- I would never vote for anyone who thinks its funny to "Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran".
- Republican Senator Ron Paul on McCain's comments regarding Iran
- Mr. McCain fought in Vietnam. I think that he has enough blood of peaceful citizens on his hands. It must be impossible for him to live without these disgusting scenes anymore. Mr. McCain was captured and they kept him not just in prison, but in a pit for several years. Anyone would go nuts.
- Vladimir Putin, Live Question & Answer session, December 15, 2011 [54]
- McCain has gone … too far.
- Republican strategist Karl Rove, on the accuracy of claims in various McCain campaign ads; September 14, 2008; [55]
- I have witnessed incidents where he has used profanity at colleagues and exploded at colleagues. He would disagree about something and then explode. It was incidents of irrational behavior. We've all had incidents where we have gotten angry, but I've never seen anyone act like that....He had very few friends in the Senate. He has a lot of support around the country, but I don't think he has a lot of support from people who know him well.
- Former Senator Bob Smith, a New Hampshire Republican who served with Senator McCain on the Senate Armed Services Committee. [56]
- Frank Luntz: He's a war hero.
Donald Trump: He's not a war hero.
Luntz: He's a war hero.
Trump: He is a war hero—
Luntz: Five and a half years in a POW camp.
Trump: He's a war hero 'cause he was captured. I like people that weren't captured, okay? I hate to tell ya.
- Donald Trump, Family Leadership Summit 2015, 2015-07-18, quoted in Harriet Alexander (18 July 2015), "Donald Trump tells John McCain: 'I like people who weren't captured'", The Telegraph
- McCain ran an aggressive, hard-hitting campaign against former Congressman J. D. Hayworth. If he had taken this same kind of principled conservative and 'take no prisoners' campaign against Barack Obama in 2008, he'd now be in the second year of his presidency.
- Richard Viguerie about McCain campaign against J. D. Hayworth. [57]
- But the more one sees of [McCain's] impulsive, intensely personal reactions to people and events, the less confidence one has that he would select judges by calm reflection and clear principles, having neither patience nor aptitude for either.
- Conservative pundit George Will; September 23, 2008; [58] [59] [60]
- ↑ the Flash (1998-06-18). "Flashes - That's Senator McNasty to You". Phoenix New Times (Village Voice Media). Retrieved on 2007-02-19. "The Washington Post broke the news last week of yet another McCain gaffe, made during a GOP fund raiser at a D.C. steak house. But neither the Post nor any other national publication that the Flash knows of actually printed the joke. To its credit, the Arizona Republic did. Here goes: ..."
- ↑ Corn, David. A joke too bad to print?. Salon.com. Salon.com. Archived from the original on 1998-06-25. Retrieved on 2007-02-09.
- ↑ Kessler, Ronald (2006-07-05). McCain's Out-of-Control Anger. NewsMax.com. NewsMax.com. Archived from the original on 2007-02-08. Retrieved on 2007-02-09.
- ↑ Our Right And His Wrongs, George F. Will
- ↑ a b Liasson, Mara. McCain Nearly Broke But Stays Course. National Public Radio. July 7, 2007.


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ARTH 270 (TH; 4th Sem Lang Req) Roman Art and Architecture (1)
This course offers a comprehensive study of Roman civilization through its artistic and architectural monuments beginning with its roots in the Etruscan and Greek past, through the varied stylistic idioms of the Empire, to its gradual transformation in the Constantinian era, the prelude to the new Christian civilization of Byzantium. Topics include the Villa of the Mysteries, the Ara Pacis Augustae, the column of Trajan, Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli, and the Arch of Constantine. A special emphasis will also be placed on art historical methodology (i.e., which questions are posed, what evidence is cited and how meaning is construed) and on exploring issues of gender and private patronage as well as imperial propaganda and social policy.
- General Education Requirement Fulfillment: Thinking Historically; Fourth Semester Language Requirement
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NEW YORK, N.Y. – The NHL has fined the Detroit Red Wings for comments made by senior vice-president Jim Devellano in an interview about the lockout.
NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly says in a statement Saturday that the league and team agree Devellano's comments were not appropriate, authorized or permitted under NHL bylaws.
Devellano was quoted by the Island Sports News, saying his solution to end the lockout would be to have the players take 43 per cent and the owners get 57 per cent of hockey-related revenues.
The players had been getting 57 per cent.
The Hockey Hall of Famer also cautions NHL players going overseas not get injured because the league has pulled medical benefits from the players and won't pay them "one dime" until they're cleared by league doctors.


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SIDON, Lebanon (Reuters) - At least five people were killed in fighting on Monday between Palestinian factions in a refugee camp near Lebanon's southern city of Sidon, local sources said.
They said the fighting broke out between fighters from a group originally linked to Palestinian President Mohammad Abbas's Fatah group and a rival militant organization.
It was not immediately clear what triggered the clashes in the Mieh Mieh camp, in which at least 10 people were wounded.
Fatah and a range of Islamist factions compete for influence in Mieh Mieh and the nearby Ain al-Hilweh, two of the 12 Palestinian camps in Lebanon that are home to more than 200,000 registered refugees.
Tensions in the camps and in Lebanon as a whole have been exacerbated by the conflict in neighboring Syria. More than a million Syrian refugees have poured into Lebanon along with many Palestinians, displaced by three years of war.
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|VOLUME XXI NUMBER 2 Winter 2006
Marion Halladay Keef celebrated her 105th birthday in April. Norma Wright Walker '51 stopped by a few days later with special wishes from Keene State College. We are sad to report that later that month Marion passed away in Concord, N.H.
IN MEMORIAM: Marion Halladay Keef '22 passed away in April 2005 in Concord, N.H., at age 105. She was an artist until her vision failed, had an exceptional memory, and traveled extensively with her husband after his retirement.
IN MEMORIAM: Mabel E. Sturtevant '25 died May 15, 2005, in Keene. She attended Worcester State College and Boston University and taught for many years before her retirement in 1968. She was an avid stamp collector and belonged to a library sewing circle.
Bertha Davis Perkins has been a lost alum until this year. Her granddaughter is a student worker in the Advancement Office and told us about Bertha. Amy Myhaver, a staff member in the Advancement Office, attended Bertha's 100th birthday party in White River Junction, Vt., and presented her a Golden Circle medallion.
Beautiful Eleanor Rowell Shaw attended the ninth annual Golden Circle luncheon held at the Cat 'n' Fiddle in Concord, N.H. Eleanor received a corsage for graduating before the rest of us. Her son Carl came from northern New York state to accompany her. It was also a pleasant surprise when Carl and Eleanor joined 40 Golden Circle alumni and guests at Hart's Turkey Farm in Meredith, N.H.
A lovely note arrived from Margaret Grover Colburn. She would like to visit the Keene campus again to see all the changes. Margaret takes a daily walk, weather permitting. She used to knit baby afghans, but has decided scarves are smaller and quicker to complete.
Mike Maher '72, alumni director, and Norma Wright Walker '51 visited Rosetta Brown Lowe at her home in Hinsdale, N.H. It is always pleasant to spend time with Rosetta because she is so cheerful and has much to share about her time teaching. As usual, Rosetta had baked goodies for Mike and Norma. They came home with plates full of brownies and banana cake. Rosetta gave Norma photos to be used on the bulletin board at reunion. Thank you, Rosetta.
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The Boston Cane was presented to Henniker resident Odetta Flint Hardy in August by Selectman Rod Pimentel at the Pleasant View Nursing Home where she now resides. Odetta was born in Newport, N.H., in 1908. She taught school in Danbury, N.H., and moved to Henniker in 1929 where she taught in the area for several years. She was a secretary at Kingsbury & Davis in Contoocook until she retired. She was a professional seamstress and well-known for her knitting skills. Her family includes her daughter-in-law, three grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Elizabeth "Betty" Welch of Keene writes, "I do not have a telephone machine. I am 96 years old. My hearing is not perfect. Norma Walker '51 keeps in touch and visits."
IN MEMORIAM: Faith Sprague '28 died June 3, 2005 and is buried in her beloved Vermont. She would have been 100 years old on Christmas Day.
Viola Davis Horton sent a beautiful spring card to Mike Maher '72, the alumni staff, and Norma Wright Walker '51. She was pleased to be remembered on her birthday. Viola had spent time with her son in Panama City. She enjoys visiting him because there is so much to do and see in the area. However, she likes Crescent City best because of all her friends who live there. Viola would like to attend reunion but it is too far for her to travel. She is very interested in the new home for the alumni staff. She sent a lovely photo wearing her Golden Circle medallion, but her little poodle K.C. would not face the camera to have his picture taken.
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You may have seen the tragic story of the Palestinian family whose house, located next to a mosque that was used by Hamas, was destroyed by an Israeli strike on the mosque. Five sisters, aged 4 to 17, died when the house collapsed on them.
In this video, broadcast on Palestinian Authority (Fatah) TV, one of the surviving sisters describes what happened and puts the blame where it belongs, on Hamas:
I'm quite certain that the girl is 16 year old Iman Balousha.
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Exotic Tropical Fishes, Volume 2
T.F.H. Publications, 1980 - Pets - 1302 pages
Describes the habits, food requirements, and physical markings of hundreds of tropical fish species and provides specific data on aquatic plants, tank management, disease control, and breeding techniques
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String Class
Represents text; that is, a series of Unicode characters.
For a list of all members of this type, see String Members.
[Visual Basic] <Serializable> NotInheritable Public Class String Implements IComparable, ICloneable, IConvertible, IEnumerable [C#] [Serializable] public sealed class String : IComparable, ICloneable, IConvertible, IEnumerable [C++] [Serializable] public __gc __sealed class String : public IComparable, ICloneable, IConvertible, IEnumerable [JScript] public Serializable class String implements IComparable, ICloneable, IConvertible, IEnumerable
Thread Safety
This type is safe for multithreaded operations.
A string is a sequential collection of Unicode characters, typically used to represent text, while a String is a sequential collection of System.Char objects that represents a string. The value of the String is the content of the sequential collection, and the value is immutable.
A String is called immutable because its value cannot be modified once it has been created. Methods that appear to modify a String actually return a new String containing the modification. If it is necessary to modify the actual contents of a string-like object, use the System.Text.StringBuilder class.
Each Unicode character in a string is defined by a Unicode scalar value, also called a Unicode code point or the ordinal (numeric) value of the Unicode character. Each code point is encoded using UTF-16 encoding, and the numeric value of each element of the encoding is represented by a Char. The resulting collection of Char objects constitutes the String.
A single Char usually represents a single code point; that is, the numeric value of the Char equals the code point. However, a code point might require more than one encoded element. For example, a Unicode supplementary code point (a surrogate pair) is encoded with two Char objects.
An index is the position of a Char, not a Unicode character, in a String. An index is a zero-based, nonnegative number starting from the first position in the string, which is index position zero. Consecutive index values might not correspond to consecutive Unicode characters because a Unicode character might be encoded as more than one Char. To work with each Unicode character instead of each Char, use the System.Globalization.StringInfo class.
Members of String perform either an ordinal or linguistic operation on a String. An ordinal operation acts on the numeric value of each Char object. A linguistic operation acts on the value of the String taking into account culture-specific casing, sorting, formatting, and parsing rules. Linguistic operations execute in the context of an explicitly declared culture or the implicit current culture. For more information about the current culture, see the CultureInfo.CurrentCulture topic.
Casing rules determine how to change a Unicode character between one case and another; for example, from lowercase to uppercase.
Formatting rules determine how to convert a value to its string representation, while parsing rules determine how to convert a string representation to a value.
Sort rules determine the alphabetic order of Unicode characters and how two strings compare to each other. For example, the Compare method performs a linguistic comparison while the CompareOrdinal method performs an ordinal comparison. Consequently, if the current culture is U.S. English, the Compare method considers 'a' less than 'A' while the CompareOrdinal method considers 'a' greater than 'A'.
The .NET Framework supports word, string, and ordinal sort rules. A word sort performs a culture-sensitive comparison of strings in which certain nonalphanumeric Unicode characters might have special weights assigned to them. For example, the hyphen ("-") might have a very small weight assigned to it so that "coop" and "co-op" appear next to each other in a sorted list. A string sort is similar to a word sort, except that there are no special cases and all nonalphanumeric symbols come before all alphanumeric Unicode characters. An ordinal sort compares strings based on the numeric value of each Char in the string. For more information about word, string, and ordinal sort rules, see the System.Globalization.CompareOptions topic.
Comparison and search procedures are case-sensitive by default and use the culture associated with the current thread unless specified otherwise. By definition, any string, including the empty string (""), compares greater than a null reference, and two null references compare equal to each other.
If your application makes security decisions based on the result of a comparison or case change operation, then the operation should use the invariant culture to ensure the result is not affected by the value of the current culture. For more information, see the CultureInfo.InvariantCulture topic.
Use Compare, CompareOrdinal, CompareTo, Equals, EndsWith, and StartsWith for comparisons. Use IndexOf, IndexOfAny, LastIndexOf, and LastIndexOfAny to obtain the index of a substring or Unicode character in a string. Use Copy and CopyTo to copy a string or substring to another string or an array of Char.
Use Substring and Split to create one or more new strings from portions of an original string, and Concat and Join to create a new string from one or more substrings. Use Insert, Replace, Remove, PadLeft, PadRight, Trim, TrimEnd, and TrimStart to modify all or part of a string.
Use ToLower and ToUpper to change the case of Unicode characters in a string. Use Format to replace one or more placeholders in a string with the string representation of one or more values. Use the Length property to obtain the number of Char objects in a string, and the Chars property to access the actual Char objects in a string.
String implements the IComparable, ICloneable, IConvertible, and IEnumerable interfaces. Use the Convert class for conversions instead of this type's explicit interface member implementation of IConvertible.
Namespace: System
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 family, .NET Compact Framework
Assembly: Mscorlib (in Mscorlib.dll)
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EDMOND, Okla. - King College junior Frank Morgan moved to No. 3 in the newest NCAA Division II wrestling ranking in the 197-pound standings, released by the organization.
Morgan (Maynardsville, Tenn.) used a win in the NCAA Division II Super Region 197-pound championship to move up to No. 3 in this ranking after not being in the Top-8 the previous ranking. Morgan has an overall record of 18-3 this season with a 12-1 mark against NCAA Division II wrestlers. Two of his three losses were against NCAA Division I foes and he has won 14 straight matches.
He will travel to the 2011 NCAA Division II Wrestling National Championship March 11-12 in Kearney, Neb. Morgan and teammate Brandon Tressler (Orlando, Fla.) will be a part of the field. Tressler qualified as the fourth-place finisher at the super region event in the 184-pound bracket.


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2013 SEC Basketball Legends Class
Featuring former greats from all 14 Southeastern Conference member institutions, the 2013 Allstate® SEC Basketball Legends will be honored at the SEC Men's Basketball Tournament March 13-17 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn.
"The Allstate® SEC Basketball Legends Program allows us to honor our past and show everyone why the SEC is one of the nation's premier basketball conferences," said SEC Commissioner Mike Slive.
The 2013 class includes Wimp Sanderson, Alabama; Jerry Carlton, Arkansas; Ronnie Battle, Auburn; Bill Koss, Florida; Tim Bassett, Georgia; Jamal Mashburn, Kentucky; Geert Hammink, LSU; Rahim Lockhart, Ole Miss; Horatio Webster, Mississippi State; Norm Stewart, Missouri; Eddie Fogler, South Carolina; Len Kosmalski, Tennessee; John Beasley, Texas A&M; Mike Rhoades, Vanderbilt.
Each SEC Basketball Legend will be recognized at halftime of his institution's first game at the tournament.
Highlighting the schedule of events at the Sunkist Soda SEC FanFare will be appearances by selected legends. FanFare will be open Thursday-Saturday, March 14-16.
This marks the 15th year of the SEC Basketball Legends program.
Last year's group included Jack Kubiszyn, Alabama; Nolan Richardson, Arkansas; Chris Morris, Auburn; Mike Miller, Florida; Willie Anderson, Georgia; Adrian "Odie" Smith, Kentucky; Kenny Higgs, LSU; Jack Waters, Ole Miss; Chuck Evans, Mississippi State; Henry Martin, South Carolina; Gene Tormohlen, Tennessee; Drew Maddux, Vanderbilt.
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Handling Food Safely
Contact your local agents for advice on safe food handling and risk management. They can provide you with information on proper cooking and refrigeration temperatures, safe canning practices, how to read expiration dates, and more.
Extension agents are also skilled in making presentations and doing trainings on food safety. Contact your local Extension office for more information on how to raise food safety awareness in your community.
Check out these Extension publications for more information
- Attractive and Safe Food Preservation Exhibits
- Botulism – A Deadly Food Poisoning
- Serving Turkey Safely
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Tellabs will demonstrate mobile backhaul with small cell, SON and SDN capabilities at Mobile World Congress 2013
Speed small cell deployment with automated installation and easy-to-use iPad application
Feb 13, 2013, 03:00 EST
NAPERVILLE, Ill., Feb. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Tellabs is extending its mobile backhaul solution with new small cell aggregation and self-optimizing network (SON) tools. The company is enhancing its optical and Ethernet capabilities to help customers succeed with the migration to LTE networks.
Tellabs will demonstrate new SDN (software-defined networking) and SON capabilities for mobile backhaul at Mobile World Congress 2013. Tellabs' exhibit will be in Hall 6, Stand 6E10 at the Fira Gran Via in Barcelona, February 25-28.
Demonstration: SON automates network operations
Tellabs will demonstrate how smart tools make a big difference in small cell and macro cell deployments. SON automates routine tasks so operators can focus on the user experience and service differentiation to ensure optimized operating expenses.
"As mobile operators roll out public access small cells, they will also need new generations of small cell optimized cell-site switches and routers," said Patrick Donegan, Senior Analyst, Heavy Reading. "Leading backhaul solution vendors are evolving their portfolios to deliver these products with markedly reduced footprint, environmental hardening for outdoor deployment, as well as a rich feature set including security, synchronization and demarcation."
Tellabs' small cell solution, including the Tellabs® 8602 Smart Router, enables an easy and cost-efficient way to deal with the capacity increases operators face today. The new small cell aggregator is equipped with SON capabilities to speed deployment. With SON deployment tools in a mobile backhaul network, technicians can easily and quickly plug in a small cell or macrocell backhaul device, which gets automatic device configurations and service connectivity from the Tellabs® 8000 Intelligent Network Manager (INM). After successful automated testing, the technician can use an iPad to sign off the deployment on site.
Demonstration: SDN encourages innovation across the network
Using SDN, mobile operators will be able to differentiate their services and speed new service introduction. Operators can innovate by writing and customizing service-level applications for the network to ensure fast time to market.
For example, Tellabs will showcase its new SDN Congestion Control Application (CCA) prototype, developed on top of the Tellabs 8000 INM. In case of increased utilization in the aggregation network, CCA prevents the congestion problem by redirecting the traffic based on end-to-end network view. The SDN controller functionality in the Tellabs 8000 INM, based on OpenFlow 1.3, steers traffic in the access network built with Tellabs® 8609 Smart Routers.
With SDN, mobile operators gain flexible opportunities to create new solutions across the data and optical layers, both managed by the Tellabs 8000 INM. Tellabs is planning SDN proof of concept testing with customers on the Tellabs® 7100 optical transport system (OTS), Tellabs® 8600 Smart Routers and Tellabs 8000 INM during the first half of 2013.
Tellabs will highlight mobile backhaul networks based on packet optical platforms, including the Tellabs 7100 OTS and Tellabs® 7300 Ethernet switches.
To provide mobile backhaul for small cells and macro cells in metro areas, Tellabs will show the Tellabs® 1150 multiservice access platform. For mobile and WiFi traffic in buildings and on campuses, Tellabs Optical LAN Solution addresses backhaul needs.
The company will show Tellabs® Insight AnalyticsSM Services solution, which enables mobile operators to find the root causes of problems in a couple of clicks, improve network planning and improve the user experience by correlating it with network performance.
About Tellabs — Tellabs innovations advance the smart mobile Internet and help our customers succeed. That's why 80% of the world's top communications service providers choose our mobile backhaul, packet optical, business and services solutions and applications. We help them get ahead by adding revenue, reducing expenses and optimizing networks.
Tellabs (Nasdaq : TLAB ) is part of the NASDAQ Global Select Market, Ocean Tomo 300® Patent Index, the S&P 500 and several corporate responsibility indexes including the Maplecroft Climate Innovation Index, FTSE4Good and eight FTSE KLD indexes. http://www.tellabs.com
Tellabs® and Tellabs logo are trademarks of Tellabs or its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries. Any other company or product names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies.
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Table of Contents | Features | Frontlines | Technology | Business
Clients are increasingly demanding more creative and proactive lawyering, driven by new ways of thinking about legal solutions while focusing on reducing legal costs. Diderico van Eyl, who is intellectual property counsel for SABIC Innovative Plastics (formerly GE Plastics) is focusing on this point by designing "proactive legal services" for delivery to corporate clients. To accomplish this, he is using project management, a discipline ordinarily used by industries outside of the legal profession. As van Eyl explains it, "Many deliverables that lawyers produce can be considered a 'project'—or, a 'temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service or result' as a project is defined under the Project Management Institute (PMI) framework. The legal work flow, particularly within a corporate setting where the lawyer is well integrated into the business, lends itself nicely to being organized and structured around the five project process areas of the PMI framework: the initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and control-ling and closing processes." Moreover, he says, "the project management framework can help lawyers provide commercially useful, integrated legal advice and communicate across cross-functional teams."
his approach recognizes that a lawyer's true value in a global company is to actively participate with clients' profit centers and help improve their product development and management processes. Lawyers have a critical choice in the face of globalization and ever-changing client needs. We can either wait to see what happens to demand for traditional legal services, or we can anticipate the changes certain to affect the future and act now to shape the direction of new services. What's so interesting about van Eyl's thinking is how it advocates for applying practices from other industries in "traditional" legal settings in ways that can help lawyers


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