McCain’s plan may actually drive up the cost of health care

Roger Hickey, co-director of Campaign for America’s Future, says that in reality, Sen. John McCain’s plan for health care will “dismantle the employer provided system,” which will force “millions of us who now get decent health insurance on the job to instead buy whatever they can find on the individual market.” He says McCain’s plan will actually drive the cost of health care up. (0:41)
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McCain presidential campaign conference call describes the focus of his health care reform

Doug Holz-Eakin, senior policy adviser for Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign, and Carly Fiorina, RNC Victory 2008 chair, discuss McCain’s remarks on health care reform made earlier today in Tampa, Florida. (25:00)
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Obama responds to McCain's "100 years in Iraq" comment

At the annual Associated Press luncheon, Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) responded to allegations that he had misinterpreted Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) remarks about keeping U.S. troops in Iraq for another 100 years. Obama said that whether troops are there for combat or occupation, it is "wrong" and not affordable. (1:00)
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Obama says McCain's economic policies are "out of touch"

At the Associated Press's annual luncheon today, Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) responded to his controversial and highly publicized remarks about "bitter" small-town voters that has led to an onslaught of criticism from opponents calling him "elitist" and "out of touch" with average Americans. Obama said Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is the one who is out of touch because of his economic policies that favor the wealthy. (0:38)
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McCain says he's not too old to be President

When asked at the Associated Press's annual luncheon if he fears losing voters who believe he cannot adequately serve as President due to what will be his age of 72 years in January 2009, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) says that he can out-campaign other candidates and has the energy and reserves necessary to be president. (0:36)
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McCain says Obama, Clinton likely won't serve in his cabinet

When asked if presidential nominee hopefuls Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) and Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) could potentially serve in Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) cabinet if he is elected president at the annual Associated Press luncheon, he says he doesn't think so because of their different philosophies. He also says he would travel America to find the best qualified candidates for his presidential cabinet. (0:21)
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McCain calls Obama's comments "elitist"

When asked about Sen. Barack Obama's (D-IL) recent "bitter" comments, presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) tells his audience at the annual Associated Press luncheon that they were elitist and "a fundamental contradiction of what America's all about." (0:35)
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McCain: It's time for "the right kind of change"

Presidential candidate Senator John McCain (R-AZ) tells his audience at the annual Associated Press luncheon that it's time for "the right kind of change" that empowers free markets and free people and doesn't rely on governmental intervention. (0:32)
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Conference Call: McCain campaign discusses housing crisis response options

Today Senator John McCain's (R-AZ) campaign held a conference call to discuss his stance on economic policy, and the housing crisis and mortgage foreclosures in particular. RNC Victory 2008 Chair Carly Fiorina and Senior Policy Advisor Doug Holtz-Eakin outlined McCain's policy proposals on how to combat the crisis.
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McCain calls Iraqi security forces "disappointing"

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Republican nominee for president, questions Gen. David Petraeus, commander of Multinational Forces Iraq about recent operations in Basra where roughly 1,000 Iraqi security forces deserted or underperformed. (0:51)
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Obama says no to 100 years in Iraq

At the CWA conference, Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) says he has opposed the Iraq war since the beginning, and is the one candidate who can stand up to John McCain with credibility and say no to a “hundred year occupation of Iraq and a George Bush third term.” (0:26)
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Clinton says we can count on Social Security far into the future

At the CWA Conference, Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) says she was somewhat surprised to hear that Senator McCain said he would put privatizing Social Security "back on the table." Well, she says, there's not going to be any chance of that happening when I'm president. We're going to strengthen Social Security so that we can count on it far into the future. (:25)
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McCain's emphasis on competition led to selection of the "wrong aircraft"

Frank Gaffney of the Center for Security Policy, who was also a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense under Reagan, says that a letter sent from John McCain to Robert Gates may have played a role in the selection of one defense contractor over another for a refueling tanker contract. (0:29)
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Clinton Campaign: McCain has credentials, but he is wrong on Iraq

During a conference call with reporters Howard Wolfson, Communications Director for Hillary Clinton, says that John McCain has foreign policy credentials in a political context but he is wrong on the most pressing foreign policy-- the war in Iraq. (0:30)
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Woolsey: The only thing worse than force is letting Iran have a nuclear weapon

James Woolsey, former Director of the CIA, under Bill Clinton, speaking at the American Foreign Policy Council's conference on missile defense said that the wost scenario, in the event of Iran's developing nuclear weapons, would not be to use force, but would be to let Iran have a nuclear weapon. (0:26)
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President Bush speaks about John McCain's national security credentials

President Bush speaks about the national security credentials of Senator John McCain, the Republican nominee for president during a joint press availability at the White House. (1:00)
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President Bush endorses John McCain

President George Bush endorses Sen. John McCain as the Republican nominee for president in the Rose Garden at the White House and McCain responds to the endorsement (2:57)
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An interview with Carly Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett Packard and campaign advisor for John McCain

Carly Fiorina, former chairwoman and CEO of Hewlett Packard is a campaign advisor for John McCain speaks about why she is backing the Arizona senator in his campaign for the presidency. (8:02)
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Senator John McCain (R-AZ) criticizes Democratic presidential candidates for their position on the war at CPAC

John McCain, a Republican candidate for president, criticizes the Democratic candidates for president on their position on the war in Iraq. (0:16)
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Senator John McCain (R-AZ) speaks about immigration to conservatives at CPAC

John McCain, a Republican candidate for president, speaks about immigration at the Conservative Political Action Conference and gets a very mixed reaction from the participants of the conference, many of whom are conservatives who don't agree with McCain's record on immigration. (0:52)
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