John McCain

chri wallac __PUNCT__ host __PUNCT__ i chri wallac and thi is __PUNCT__ fox new sundai __PUNCT__

in what look like a democrat year __PUNCT__ how do republican hold on to the white_hous __PUNCT__ as our __PUNCT__ choos the presid __PUNCT__ seri continu __PUNCT__ we ask the gop presumpt nomine __PUNCT__ senat_john john_mccain __PUNCT__ in a __PUNCT__ fox new sundai __PUNCT__ exclus __PUNCT__

then __PUNCT__ the command u. __PUNCT__ gener in iraq brief congress thi week __PUNCT__

what kind of recept will he get from democrat __PUNCT__ we find out from on of their lead voic on foreign_polici __PUNCT__ senat_john john_kerri __PUNCT__

plu __PUNCT__ with two week until the pennsylvania primari __PUNCT__ doe clinton or obama have the upper_hand __PUNCT__ we ask our sundai panel __PUNCT__ fred barn __PUNCT__ mara liasson __PUNCT__ bill kristol and juan william __PUNCT__

and our power player of the week open a museum for new __PUNCT__ all right now on __PUNCT__ fox new sundai __PUNCT__

and hello again from fox new in washington __PUNCT__

we continu our seri __PUNCT__ choos the presid __PUNCT__ now with the republican_nomine __PUNCT__ to __PUNCT__ be __PUNCT__ senat_john john_mccain __PUNCT__

on fridai __PUNCT__ we met up with the senat at the nation civil right museum in memphi __PUNCT__

he wa there to speak at ceremoni mark the __NUM___anniversari of the death of martin_luther_king __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ begin videotap __PUNCT__ wallac __PUNCT__ senat_mccain __PUNCT__ welcom back to __PUNCT__ fox new sundai __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ thank you __PUNCT__ chri __PUNCT__

it nice to be back __PUNCT__

wallac __PUNCT__ your advis sai that you ar go to campaign in place that republican_presidenti presidenti_candid usual don't __PUNCT__ inner citi __PUNCT__ rural alabama __PUNCT__ appalachia __PUNCT__

do you plan to run as a differ kind of republican __PUNCT__ mccain __PUNCT__ i believ that the parti of abraham_lincoln and teddi_roosevelt and ronald_reagan __PUNCT__ that that a tradit of the republican_parti __PUNCT__ that we need to go all over america __PUNCT__ and not just the specif place you talk about __PUNCT__ but compet hard in everi section of the countri __PUNCT__ for exampl __PUNCT__ california __PUNCT__

california can no longer be written off __PUNCT__ in my view __PUNCT__

and that mean go to all part of that state and reach out to hispan voter __PUNCT__ independ __PUNCT__ other __PUNCT__

i know that you know __PUNCT__ chri __PUNCT__ that on of the recent trend which mai not have been as understood as well as some other thing is that there thi dramat rise in the independ_voter voter_registr __PUNCT__ whether it be in my state or all across america __PUNCT__

the independ_voter will make an even larger differ __PUNCT__ i think __PUNCT__ in the __NUM___elect __PUNCT__

so i have to energ our base __PUNCT__ get the independ and the old and new __PUNCT__ quot __PUNCT__ reagan democrat __PUNCT__

wallac __PUNCT__ i think you might agre that republican have too often been portrai __PUNCT__ and perhap too often act __PUNCT__ as the parti of the have at the expens of the have __PUNCT__ not __PUNCT__

you here todai at the civil right museum __PUNCT__ but it ha come to our attent that in __NUM__ you vote against the feder holidai for martin_luther_king __PUNCT__

you vote in __NUM__ against civil right legisl __PUNCT__

isn't it go to be hard to reach out to all those group given your histori and the histori of the parti __PUNCT__ mccain __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ let me sai in __NUM__ i wa wrong __PUNCT__ and i believ that my advocaci for the recognit of dr __PUNCT__ king birthdai in arizona wa someth that i proud of __PUNCT__

the issu in the earli __PUNCT__ 90 wa a littl more complic __PUNCT__

i never believ in quota __PUNCT__ and i don't __PUNCT__

there no doubt about my view on that issu __PUNCT__

and that wa the implic __PUNCT__ at least __PUNCT__ of that other vote __PUNCT__

but i wa wrong in __PUNCT__ __NUM__ __PUNCT__ and all of us make_mistak __PUNCT__ and i think nobodi recogn that more than dr __PUNCT__ king __PUNCT__

wallac __PUNCT__ karl_rove __PUNCT__ who now work with fox new __PUNCT__ doe map for us base on the averag of recent public poll __PUNCT__

you haven't seen these __PUNCT__ but you might be interest __PUNCT__

and what thei indic is that tradit democrat stronghold like pennsylvania __PUNCT__ like michigan __PUNCT__ like minnesota ar up for grab thi year __PUNCT__

you talk about california __PUNCT__

is thi not go to be a red_state __PUNCT__ blue_state state_elect __PUNCT__ mccain __PUNCT__ i don't think so in the tradit wai __PUNCT__

i think that all of these state __PUNCT__ or most of them __PUNCT__ ar up for grab __PUNCT__

you seen a dramat_increas in hispan voter in my part of the countri __PUNCT__ but also mani other part of the countri __PUNCT__

in the southeast __PUNCT__ the greatest popul increas ha been hispan voter __PUNCT__

we probabl ar go to see voter more activ __PUNCT__ african_american_voter as well as hispan as well as other __PUNCT__

and also __PUNCT__ it pretti_clear that senat_obama and senat_clinton have energ the younger voter __PUNCT__

and i believ i have __PUNCT__

and i believ i got to compet on that ground __PUNCT__ too __PUNCT__

that why i go on show that young_peopl watch __PUNCT__

so i not sure that the old red_state __PUNCT__ blue_state scenario that prevail for the last sever elect work __PUNCT__

i think most of these state that we have either red or blue ar go to be up for grab __PUNCT__

wallac __PUNCT__ it a __NUM__ __PUNCT__ state battleground __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ i believ so __PUNCT__ if not __NUM__ certainli the major of them __PUNCT__

wallac __PUNCT__ as a report __PUNCT__ on of the thing i alwai notic about you is you not veri good at hide your true feel __PUNCT__

thi week you said barack_obama __PUNCT__ quot __PUNCT__ doesn't understand nation_secur __PUNCT__ ha no background __PUNCT__ no experi on these issu __PUNCT__

a few week_ago __PUNCT__ you said he deceiv voter with eloqu but empti rhetor __PUNCT__

put asid your differ on issu __PUNCT__ straight talk __PUNCT__ is barack_obama qualifi to be presid __PUNCT__ mccain __PUNCT__ if the voter decid that of america __PUNCT__ absolut __PUNCT__

i believ that my talent and my background and my experi __PUNCT__ which ha led to my judgment __PUNCT__ is __PUNCT__ i think qualifi me more __PUNCT__ obvious __PUNCT__ or i wouldn't be seek the presid __PUNCT__

let me just sai again that wa in respons __PUNCT__ when i said he wa inexperienc and doe not have the background __PUNCT__ to the charg of thi __PUNCT__ quot __PUNCT__ __NUM___year in iraq __PUNCT__ and it wa obviou when you read the whole quot __PUNCT__ and i hope that at some point we could see that __PUNCT__ where i wa in an exchang with a voter in new hampshir __PUNCT__ a town_hall_meet __PUNCT__ the kind of exchang that i enjoi most __PUNCT__

he said __PUNCT__ how long ar you go to be there __PUNCT__

i said __PUNCT__ it could be __NUM___year __PUNCT__ but it a matter of u. __PUNCT__ casualti __PUNCT__ and we have presenc in countri like south_korea __PUNCT__ japan __PUNCT__ et cetera __PUNCT__ et cetera __PUNCT__

so it veri clear __PUNCT__

and senat_obama and anyon who read that know that i didn't think we were in a __NUM__ __PUNCT__ year war __PUNCT__

wallac __PUNCT__ but i want to go to the bigger issu __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ ye __PUNCT__ sure __PUNCT__

wallac __PUNCT__ which is that you said obama doesn't understand nation_secur __PUNCT__ ha no experi __PUNCT__ no background on these issu __PUNCT__

i understand the voter ar go to make up their mind __PUNCT__

in john_mccain opinion __PUNCT__ doe someon who ha no background in nation_secur __PUNCT__ is he fit to be command in chief __PUNCT__ mccain __PUNCT__ again __PUNCT__ i not duck your question __PUNCT__ chri __PUNCT__

you could make an argument mayb that jack kennedi wa not __PUNCT__ quot __PUNCT__ qualifi __PUNCT__ in __NUM__ as oppos to richard_nixon __PUNCT__

the voter decid on jack kennedi __PUNCT__

so i can't dictat what the voter will decid __PUNCT__

all i can do is match my credenti and my knowledg and background up against senat_obama or senat_clinton __PUNCT__

that race is not decid yet __PUNCT__

and i will gladli stand not onli on that background and experi __PUNCT__ but my vision and my abil to lead thi countri in difficult_time __PUNCT__

wallac __PUNCT__ you gave a major econom speech recent in which you said __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ begin video clip __PUNCT__ mccain __PUNCT__ it not the duti of govern to bail out and reward those who act irrespons __PUNCT__ whether thei big_bank or small borrow __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ end video clip __PUNCT__ wallac __PUNCT__ after that __PUNCT__ senat __PUNCT__ on columnist compar you to mr __PUNCT__ potter __PUNCT__ the banker in __PUNCT__ it a wonder life __PUNCT__

what would you do to help the thousand of american who right now ar in the process of lose their home __PUNCT__ or do you feel __PUNCT__ as you said in your speech __PUNCT__ that not the duti of govern __PUNCT__ mccain __PUNCT__ look __PUNCT__ american ar hurt right now __PUNCT__

american ar sit around the kitchen_tabl as we speak try to keep the american_dream __PUNCT__ and that is ownership of their own home __PUNCT__

thei don't know if thei have to get anoth job __PUNCT__

thei don't know if __PUNCT__ the challeng ar enorm right now __PUNCT__ and american ar hurt __PUNCT__

the kei to it is not to bail out peopl who specul or peopl who engag in unsavori practic __PUNCT__

the kei to it is get the lender and the borrow togeth __PUNCT__

we know how hard that is becaus of identifi the lender __PUNCT__ but there wai to do it __PUNCT__

the kei to it is to support thi legisl which is go through the senat right now which i think will move the ball forward down the field __PUNCT__ such as individu deduct for and larger deduct for home_loan mortgag_payment __PUNCT__ the purchas of mortgag which ar bad by local_author __PUNCT__ increas fund for counsel so that peopl who ar in difficulti will better recogn what their option ar __PUNCT__

of cours __PUNCT__ there a role for govern __PUNCT__ but it not to __PUNCT__ it not to reward greedi specul __PUNCT__

it is not to reward peopl who misbehav __PUNCT__

and it certainli isn't a huge expenditur of taxpay __PUNCT__ dollar which __PUNCT__ in the long_run __PUNCT__ could exacerb the problem that exist __PUNCT__

on the issu of bear_stearn __PUNCT__ veri quickli __PUNCT__ everi financi expert i know sai that if it had fail __PUNCT__ it would have rippl throughout the entir financi commun and would have caus greater problem which eventu would have come down on the averag_citizen if our economi continu to declin the wai that it been do __PUNCT__

so i readi to act __PUNCT__

and i understand how terribl thi is for so mani million of american_famili __PUNCT__

and i understand the challeng and i prepar to meet them __PUNCT__ and that is limit_govern govern_intervent __PUNCT__

but where govern is requir __PUNCT__ let go ahead and do it __PUNCT__

we pass a stimulu_packag __PUNCT__

peopl ar go to be get check in the month of mai __PUNCT__

mayb thei be abl to help boost the economi a littl bit __PUNCT__

but there no magic_wand here that can be wave __PUNCT__

wallac __PUNCT__ let turn to foreign_polici __PUNCT__

you acknowledg you were surpris by the recent iraqi offens in basra __PUNCT__

in the end __PUNCT__ the iraqi_govern govern_fail to oust those shiit militia __PUNCT__

doesn't that rais seriou question about the continu weak of the central_govern in baghdad __PUNCT__ mccain __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ actual __PUNCT__ when i sai i wa surpris __PUNCT__ our author in iraq were surpris __PUNCT__ the state_depart __PUNCT__ it wa about a __NUM__ __PUNCT__ hour __PUNCT__

wallac __PUNCT__ right __PUNCT__

the whole govern wa surpris __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ ye __PUNCT__ about a __NUM__ __PUNCT__ hour window __PUNCT__

it interest __PUNCT__

we have ask the govern time after time to act effect __PUNCT__ that we want thi govern to act __PUNCT__

thei act __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ obvious __PUNCT__ the result were mix __PUNCT__

obvious __PUNCT__ there were problem __PUNCT__

and maliki __PUNCT__ in my view __PUNCT__ should have wait until we had conclud the battl of mosul which is go on as we speak __PUNCT__

thei do have control of the port of basra now __PUNCT__

that on of the major econom area of iraq becaus of the oil that goe through there __PUNCT__

it wa al __PUNCT__ sadr that declar a ceas __PUNCT__ fire __PUNCT__ not maliki __PUNCT__ and thei continu __PUNCT__

wallac __PUNCT__ it wa broker by the iranian __PUNCT__ who actual mai have more clout with both al __PUNCT__ sadr __PUNCT__ i mean __PUNCT__ let me just ask you the question from thi point of view __PUNCT__

gener_petraeu is come to testifi in the next coupl of dai __PUNCT__

a lot of talk about the surg and how that help damp down the violenc __PUNCT__ some would sai becaus there wa a spike of violenc dure thi basra battl __PUNCT__ mayb al __PUNCT__ sadr decis to hold the ceas __PUNCT__ fire is as respons as the surg is __PUNCT__ and if he chang hi mind __PUNCT__ we back in the fry pan __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ in respect __PUNCT__ i don't think sadr would have declar the ceas __PUNCT__ fire if he thought he wa win __PUNCT__

most time in histori of militari engag __PUNCT__ the win side doesn't declar the ceas __PUNCT__ fire __PUNCT__

the second point is that overal __PUNCT__ the iraqi_militari perform pretti well __PUNCT__

six month_ago __PUNCT__ it would have __PUNCT__ or eight or nine month ago __PUNCT__ it would have been unthink for maliki to act thi wai __PUNCT__

wallac __PUNCT__ we heard thi week that __NUM___soldier refus to fight or desert __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ and there were mani __PUNCT__ mani thousand who ar fight there __PUNCT__

compar that with two year_ago when the armi wa basic unabl to function in ani wai effect __PUNCT__

look __PUNCT__ i didn't particularli like the outcom of thi thing __PUNCT__ but i am convinc that we now have a govern that is govern with some effect and a militari that is function veri effect __PUNCT__

up in mosul where some of the best unit ar __PUNCT__ thei function well __PUNCT__

i alwai said __PUNCT__ chri __PUNCT__ thi is long and hard and tough __PUNCT__

we pai a huge penalti for four year of a fail strategi that i fought hard against __PUNCT__ and i believ thi strategi ha succeed and will succe and can succe __PUNCT__

but it long and hard and tough __PUNCT__

wallac __PUNCT__ a coupl of final question i go to ask you __PUNCT__ sir __PUNCT__

you said thi week that you have start put togeth the list of possibl for vice_presid __PUNCT__

given that you call radic_islam the transcend challeng of our ag __PUNCT__ fair to assum that your run_mate must have firsthand foreign_polici experi __PUNCT__ mccain __PUNCT__ i don't know if that __PUNCT__ i think that the person __PUNCT__ the first and realli major and overwhelm prioriti is a person who share my principl __PUNCT__ my valu __PUNCT__ my prioriti __PUNCT__ as you know __PUNCT__ prioriti ar veri import in presid __PUNCT__ and could immedi take my place __PUNCT__

that __PUNCT__ i think __PUNCT__ the overrid criteria __PUNCT__

wallac __PUNCT__ so it could be someon who __PUNCT__ in effect __PUNCT__ a foreign polici novic __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ it could be someon who ha a lot of experi and someon who doesn't on nation_secur secur_issu __PUNCT__

and frankli __PUNCT__ the process that we in __PUNCT__ you know __PUNCT__ it so earli in the process that __PUNCT__ honestli __PUNCT__ it __PUNCT__ the sole criteria i look at is not that __PUNCT__

it is who can best take my place and carri on the agenda and the vision that i have outlin and will continu to outlin dure thi campaign __PUNCT__

wallac __PUNCT__ senat __PUNCT__ i wouldn't ask you thi question __PUNCT__ but it did come out at a congression_hear thi week that you still do not have secret_servic protect __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ ye __PUNCT__

wallac __PUNCT__ as we sit here in the nation civil right museum __PUNCT__ which wa the scene of the lorrain motel and the assassin of martin_luther_king __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ ye __PUNCT__

wallac __PUNCT__

why not __PUNCT__ mccain __PUNCT__ becaus it inhibit __PUNCT__ obvious __PUNCT__ my abil to have close contact with peopl __PUNCT__ but we be meet earli next week with the secret_servic and work out the modal for secret servic protect __PUNCT__

wallac __PUNCT__ do you think you take on secret servic protect befor the convent __PUNCT__ mccain __PUNCT__ oh __PUNCT__ no __PUNCT__ we be set it up earli next week __PUNCT__ so i would imagin __PUNCT__

wallac __PUNCT__ you be take it next week __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ not as earli as next week take it __PUNCT__ but i meet with the secret servic and we set it up __PUNCT__ and shortli thereaft we will have secret servic protect __PUNCT__

wallac __PUNCT__ so in the next few week __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ sure __PUNCT__ if not earlier __PUNCT__ ye __PUNCT__

wallac __PUNCT__ and becaus __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ i think that it import that as we get more and more visibl that we recogn the inevit __PUNCT__ and so we be talk with them earli to arrang for __PUNCT__ veri soon __PUNCT__ some secret servic protect __PUNCT__

wallac __PUNCT__ final __PUNCT__ you ar also known as someon who doesn't suffer fool gladli __PUNCT__

you have written about your __PUNCT__ quot __PUNCT__ in on of your book __PUNCT__ about your legendari temper __PUNCT__ and i wonder __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ i shouldn't have written that book __PUNCT__

wallac __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ that right __PUNCT__

but i do wonder __PUNCT__ be __PUNCT__ john_mccain __PUNCT__ the maverick __PUNCT__ is differ than be __PUNCT__ john mccain __PUNCT__ presid of the unit_state __PUNCT__

do you think at all __PUNCT__ have you thought at all sinc you have becom __PUNCT__ in effect __PUNCT__ the republican_nomine that if you do becom presid that you mai have to chang not your person __PUNCT__ but the wai you act __PUNCT__ if onli becaus it so hard for peopl to come into the oval_offic and sai thei disagre __PUNCT__ sai thei think you wrong __PUNCT__ mccain __PUNCT__ chri __PUNCT__ i work across the aisl more than __PUNCT__ i match my record of legisl bipartisan achiev with anybodi __PUNCT__

you can't scare peopl or intimid them if you go to reach agreement with your colleagu and your contemporari __PUNCT__

and i work_hard at that __PUNCT__ and that what the american_peopl want __PUNCT__

second thing is if i lose my capac for anger __PUNCT__ then i shouldn't be presid of the unit_state __PUNCT__

when we have corrupt in spend that end up with peopl in feder_prison __PUNCT__ i get angri __PUNCT__

when i see greedi peopl like a gui cash in million of dollar on the back of thi bear_stearn takeov __PUNCT__ i get angri __PUNCT__

when i see the wast and corrupt in washington __PUNCT__ i get angri __PUNCT__

and you know what __PUNCT__ the american_peopl ar angri __PUNCT__ too __PUNCT__

look at the poll __PUNCT__

look at the poll __PUNCT__

thei ar angri becaus there is spend and wast and corrupt __PUNCT__ and govern is not respond to their hope and dream and aspir __PUNCT__

so i get angri when i see somebodi who corrupt and end up in feder_prison __PUNCT__

and yet at the same_time __PUNCT__ i have a proven record of work across the aisl __PUNCT__

i known these leader in the hous of repres __PUNCT__ in the senat __PUNCT__ for more than __NUM___year __PUNCT__

i know how to work with them veri __PUNCT__ veri well __PUNCT__ and i will __PUNCT__ for the good of the countri __PUNCT__

and i believ i can appeal to the better angel of their natur and thei work with me __PUNCT__

i confid of it __PUNCT__

and the american_peopl want that now __PUNCT__

wallac __PUNCT__ senat_mccain __PUNCT__ thank you so much __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ thank __PUNCT__ chri __PUNCT__

wallac __PUNCT__ best of luck to you __PUNCT__ sir __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ thank for have me on __PUNCT__