John McCain

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ senat_obama wa in london thi morn __PUNCT__ and he wa respond to your comment from yesterdai when you said that __NUM___month might be a pretti_good timet in iraq __PUNCT__

he said __PUNCT__ we pleas to see that there been some converg around propos we been make for a year __PUNCT__ and __PUNCT__ a __PUNCT__ half __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ that realli good __PUNCT__

look __PUNCT__ it not a timet __PUNCT__ as i said __PUNCT__

i wa ask __PUNCT__ how doe that sound __PUNCT__ anyth sound_good to me __PUNCT__ but __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ but you never us the word befor __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ you know __PUNCT__ the point is __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ you made a point of never us __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__

i never __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ the word befor __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ look __PUNCT__ i have alwai said __PUNCT__ and i said then __PUNCT__ it the condit on the ground __PUNCT__

if senat_obama had had hi wai __PUNCT__ we have been out last march __PUNCT__ and we been out in defeat and chao __PUNCT__ and probabl had to come back again becaus of iranian influenc __PUNCT__

it condit on the ground __PUNCT__ the wai that the chairman of the joint_chief of staff said __PUNCT__ the wai that gener_petraeu ha said __PUNCT__ condit on the ground __PUNCT__ so that the iraqi_govern can have control __PUNCT__ can have the suffici secur __PUNCT__ so that we don't have to come back __PUNCT__

senat_obama said that if hi date didn't work __PUNCT__ we mai have to come back __PUNCT__

we not come home in victori __PUNCT__

we come home in victori __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ but it doe seem __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ but it is a __PUNCT__ it is not a date __PUNCT__

i want to make it veri clear to you __PUNCT__ it is not a date __PUNCT__

it condit on the ground __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ so __PUNCT__ you shouldn't have us the word timet __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ pardon me __PUNCT__ stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ you shouldn't have us the word timet __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ i didn't us the word timet __PUNCT__

that i did __PUNCT__ if i did __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ it a pretti_good timet __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ oh __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ look __PUNCT__

anyth is a good timet that is dictat by condit on the ground __PUNCT__

anyth is good __PUNCT__

but the timet is dictat __PUNCT__ not by a artifici date __PUNCT__ but by the condit on the ground __PUNCT__ the condit of secur __PUNCT__

and by the wai __PUNCT__ our ambassador to iraq basic said we have succeed __PUNCT__

we have succeed in thi strategi __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ look __PUNCT__

senat_obama doesn't understand __PUNCT__

he doesn't understand what at stake here __PUNCT__

and he chose to take a polit path that would have help him get the nomin of hi parti __PUNCT__

i took a path that i knew wa unpopular __PUNCT__ becaus i knew we had to win in iraq __PUNCT__

and we ar win in iraq __PUNCT__

and if we done what senat obama want done __PUNCT__ it would have been chao __PUNCT__ genocid __PUNCT__ increas iranian influenc __PUNCT__ perhap al_qaeda establish a base again __PUNCT__

now we have a stabl alli in the region __PUNCT__ and it is not base on ani date __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ but it doe seem like __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ i like six month __PUNCT__ three month __PUNCT__ two month __PUNCT__

i like yesterdai __PUNCT__

i like yesterdai __PUNCT__ ok __PUNCT__ that seem realli good to me __PUNCT__

but the fact is __PUNCT__ the condit on the ground __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ but what the differ between __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ have not dictat it __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__

your posit now __PUNCT__ he sai __PUNCT__ ok __PUNCT__ here the timet i want __PUNCT__

that the mission __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ ye __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ if the command come and tell me the condit have chang dramat __PUNCT__ if iraq go to be unstabl __PUNCT__ i take that into account __PUNCT__

you also sai __PUNCT__ timet sound great __PUNCT__ but it on the condit on the ground __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ senat_obama said that he would come out no matter what __PUNCT__

he said that he would be out __PUNCT__ accord to hi origin plan __PUNCT__ it would have been last march __PUNCT__

he sai that the surg ha not work __PUNCT__

he said it couldn't work __PUNCT__

there a fundament differ between myself and senat obama __PUNCT__

and now that it the gener_elect come up __PUNCT__ i can see why he and hi peopl ar try to blur that distinct __PUNCT__

when the decis had to be made whether to adopt the strategi of the surg __PUNCT__ he said it wouldn't work __PUNCT__ it would increas sectarian_violenc __PUNCT__

he said all those thing that made it accept to the left of hi parti __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ but there wa a fundament differ about the origin decis to go to war __PUNCT__

he said it would inflam the muslim_world __PUNCT__ it would becom a recruit tool for al_qaeda __PUNCT__

you said __PUNCT__ and you wrote __PUNCT__ that it would lessen antipathi in the muslim_world __PUNCT__ and that we be greet as liber __PUNCT__

wasn't senat_obama right about that __PUNCT__ mccain __PUNCT__ i don't believ so __PUNCT__

we were greet as liber __PUNCT__

we mishandl the war for nearli four year __PUNCT__

we mishandl it in a wai that wa so harm that i stood up against it __PUNCT__

i said it wouldn't work __PUNCT__

i said we had to have a new strategi __PUNCT__ and i wa critic for be disloy __PUNCT__ disloy to republican __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ you also said mani time that the strategi wa the right strategi __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ i said that saddam_hussein caus a __PUNCT__ impos a threat to the unit_state of america and our secur __PUNCT__

and the oil for food scandal __PUNCT__ the __MONEY___billion he wa skim __PUNCT__ the fact that he had said that he had in oper and he want to have weapon of mass_destruct __PUNCT__ the fact that thi societi that he rule in such a brutal fashion wa realli aw __PUNCT__

and he did pose a long __PUNCT__ term threat to the secur of the unit_state of america __PUNCT__

but that a job for the historian __PUNCT__

when the crucial time came as to whether we were go to leav_iraq and lose __PUNCT__ or stai and do the veri unpopular thing of __NUM__ addit troop __PUNCT__ ask young_american to make the sacrific __PUNCT__ he wa wrong __PUNCT__ i wa right __PUNCT__

that wa the crucial_point __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ and you don't __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ in the strategi __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__

accept that he wa right and you were wrong __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ of cours not __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ on the origin decis __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ of cours not __PUNCT__

of cours not __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ you also taken some heat thi week with your comment sai that senat_obama would rather lose __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ ye __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ a war than win a polit_campaign __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ ye __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ i can't believ you believ that __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ i not question hi patriot __PUNCT__

i question hi action __PUNCT__

i question hi lack __PUNCT__ total lack __PUNCT__ of understand __PUNCT__

hi __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ but that is question hi total __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ i __PUNCT__ stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ when you sai someon would rather lose a war __PUNCT__ a candid __PUNCT__ that question hi honor __PUNCT__ hi decenc __PUNCT__ hi charact __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ all i sai is __PUNCT__ and i will repeat __PUNCT__ he doe not understand __PUNCT__

i not question hi patriot __PUNCT__

i am sai that he made the decis __PUNCT__ which wa polit __PUNCT__ in order to help him get the nomin of hi parti __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ so __PUNCT__ put live at risk for a polit campaign __PUNCT__ you believ he do that __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ i believ that __PUNCT__ when he said that we had to leav_iraq __PUNCT__ and we had to be out by last march __PUNCT__ and we had to have a date certain __PUNCT__ that wa in contravent to __PUNCT__ and still is __PUNCT__ the chairman of the joint_chief of staff __PUNCT__ gener david_petraeu __PUNCT__

when he never ask to sit down for a brief with gener_petraeu __PUNCT__ our command on the ground __PUNCT__ when he wait __NUM___dai to go back again __PUNCT__ where young_american american_live ar on the line __PUNCT__ i think that a fundament lack of understand __PUNCT__

and i think the american_peopl will make the appropri choic __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ but you question hi motiv __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ i sai that it wa veri clear that a decis had to made __PUNCT__

and i made it when it wasn't popular __PUNCT__

he made a decis which wa popular with hi base __PUNCT__

and that is a fundament differ __PUNCT__

and he doe not understand __PUNCT__ and did not understand and still doesn't understand __PUNCT__ that the surg wa the vital strategi in us not have to lose a war __PUNCT__

chao __PUNCT__ genocid __PUNCT__ increas influenc of iranian in the region __PUNCT__

the consequ of failur would have been sever __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ but __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ now __PUNCT__ the benefit ar enorm of a stabl alli in the region __PUNCT__ of a countri that is a friend of our __PUNCT__ a brake on iranian influenc __PUNCT__ certainli a brake on al_qaeda and other jihadist organ __PUNCT__

so __PUNCT__ he made the decis that that wa the best wai to go to get the nomin of hi parti __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ there also been a flap about senat_obama decis in germani not to visit the troop at landstuhl __PUNCT__

he now sai that __PUNCT__ base on what he wa hear from the pentagon __PUNCT__ there wa no wai that wouldn't be seen as a polit trip __PUNCT__ which is why he decid not to go __PUNCT__

do you accept that explan __PUNCT__ mccain __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ i know thi __PUNCT__ that those troop would have love to have seen him __PUNCT__

and i know of no pentagon regul that would have prevent him from go there __PUNCT__ without the media and the press and all of the associ peopl __PUNCT__ noth that i know of would have kept him from visit those wound troop __PUNCT__

and thei ar grave wound __PUNCT__ mani of them __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ he done it mani time in the past __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ in landstuhl __PUNCT__ germani __PUNCT__ when i went through __PUNCT__ i visit __PUNCT__ i visit the hospit __PUNCT__

but the import_thing is that __PUNCT__ if i had been told by the pentagon that i couldn't visit those troop __PUNCT__ and i wa there and want to be there __PUNCT__ i guarante you __PUNCT__ there would have been a seismic event __PUNCT__

and so __PUNCT__ i believ he had the opportun to go without the media __PUNCT__

and i let the fact speak for themselv __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ so __PUNCT__ thi is __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ it certainli wasn't the pentagon __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ inaud __PUNCT__ campaign __PUNCT__ ph __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ that certainli what the pentagon spokesman said __PUNCT__

there wa noth to prevent him from go __PUNCT__ if he went without the press and the media and hi campaign peopl __PUNCT__

but we see what happen __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ fair_game __PUNCT__ mccain __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ i think peopl_make a judgment by what we do and what we don't do __PUNCT__

he certainli found time to do other thing __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ let talk about the economi __PUNCT__

presid_bush in __PUNCT__ and ad some unvarnish talk recent about the economi when he didn't think the camera were on __PUNCT__

i think he said __PUNCT__ wall_street got drunk __PUNCT__ and now we go through the hangov __PUNCT__

i know you don't want to us languag like that __PUNCT__ but is hi basic take right __PUNCT__ is wall street the villain here __PUNCT__ and what would you do about it __PUNCT__ mccain __PUNCT__ i think that wall street is the villain in the thing that happen in the subprim lend crisi and other area where investig and possibl prosecut is go on __PUNCT__

but i also think that congress is at fault __PUNCT__

we didn't restrain spend __PUNCT__

spend got complet out of control __PUNCT__

we were __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ but what doe that have to do with the mortgag_crisi __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ it increas __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ or with the hous_crisi __PUNCT__ mccain __PUNCT__ it increas the deficit __PUNCT__

we didn't address the energi_crisi __PUNCT__ which ha been build for __NUM___year __PUNCT__

we now send __MONEY___billion of american __PUNCT__ monei oversea to countri that don't like us veri much __PUNCT__

so __PUNCT__ i think there a lot of blame to go around here __PUNCT__

but i also would blame a gridlock congress __PUNCT__ which is gridlock as we speak __PUNCT__ when we should be do offshor_drill __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ the gridlock __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ we should be move_forward with nuclear_power __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ the gridlock broke todai on the hous_bill __PUNCT__

it pass __PUNCT__ i think __PUNCT__ __NUM__ to __NUM__ in the senat __PUNCT__

i know you couldn't be there __PUNCT__

would you have vote for that bill __PUNCT__ mccain __PUNCT__ ye __PUNCT__

but i also see __PUNCT__ again __PUNCT__ the influenc of special_interest __PUNCT__

thei place the respons for try to help solv some of these problem of peopl remain in their home __PUNCT__ and it is real and signific __PUNCT__ in the hand of the lender __PUNCT__

i would have like to have seen the homeown __PUNCT__ the primari resid __PUNCT__ go down and get the __NUM__ __PUNCT__ year fha guarante loan at the new valu of their home __PUNCT__ and put it in the hand of the borrow __PUNCT__ the homeown __PUNCT__

but i support __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ then why vote for the bill __PUNCT__ mccain __PUNCT__ becaus it better than noth __PUNCT__

it better than __PUNCT__ it mai give relief to sever hundr_thousand homeown __PUNCT__

or if it give relief to on __PUNCT__ it a __PUNCT__ but i think it can provid some relief __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ sever of your colleagu look at thi bill and sai it could put the taxpay on the hook for up to __MONEY___billion for fanni_mae __PUNCT__

thei look at the govern step in to help bear_stearn and thei sai __PUNCT__ thi is social_capit __PUNCT__

you know __PUNCT__ what we have is that the privat_compani get to make all the profit __PUNCT__

when thei get in troubl __PUNCT__ the govern step in __PUNCT__

is that right __PUNCT__ mccain __PUNCT__ no __PUNCT__ it not right __PUNCT__

but we reach such a situat that __PUNCT__ if these institut fail __PUNCT__ the impact on million of innoc american could be veri sever __PUNCT__

in the case of fanni and freddi __PUNCT__ we should stop their lobbi activ __PUNCT__

we should elimin the pai and bonus that these peopl rake in __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ georg will ha an idea on that __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ the most __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ he sai that when some place like freddi mae __PUNCT__ ph __PUNCT__ or fanni_mae or bear_stearn get the govern guarante __PUNCT__ that the execut that work there should get a govern salari __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ sure __PUNCT__

that exactli right __PUNCT__

and we could go out and ask peopl __PUNCT__ the smartest peopl in america __PUNCT__ mayb somebodi like jack welch or john chamber or meg whitman __PUNCT__ peopl like that __PUNCT__ and sai __PUNCT__ come and take over and do it for __MONEY__ a year __PUNCT__

thei be will to do that __PUNCT__

but the other thing is __PUNCT__ the sharehold should not be the first on to be paid __PUNCT__

there should be new prefer stock issu __PUNCT__

and those peopl would be __PUNCT__ and the govern __PUNCT__ paid off first __PUNCT__ sinc the govern is on the hook __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ and should the govern get some stock __PUNCT__ so that if fanni_mae doe recov __PUNCT__ the taxpay should benefit __PUNCT__ mccain __PUNCT__ absolut __PUNCT__

absolut __PUNCT__ thei should __PUNCT__ in my view __PUNCT__

and we got to send the signal that __PUNCT__ over time __PUNCT__ that these kind of institut have not help the american homeown __PUNCT__

thei basic help enrich a lot of peopl that otherwis shouldn't have been __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ a major of american think you go to come in __PUNCT__

thei look at your tax_plan and sai you go to be just like presid_bush on the economi __PUNCT__

what would you do right now __PUNCT__ spend asid __PUNCT__ that would be differ from what presid bush is do __PUNCT__ mccain __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ i would give everi famili in america doubl their exempt for __PUNCT__ on the child tax and children tax __PUNCT__ a depend tax_break __PUNCT__ from __MONEY__ to __MONEY__

i would declar that we will scrub everi agenc of govern and elimin those that ar not necessari __PUNCT__

i will veto everi singl pork barrel bill that come across my desk __PUNCT__ and make them famou __PUNCT__

i will promis that we will not onli keep tax_cut low __PUNCT__ but we will have some addit incent for american invest and growth of job __PUNCT__

i will embark on an immedi __PUNCT__ an immedi effort to elimin our depend on foreign_oil __PUNCT__ nuclear_power __PUNCT__ offshor_drill __PUNCT__ wind __PUNCT__ tide __PUNCT__ solar __PUNCT__ and stop thi drain of __MONEY___billion a year from the american_economi __PUNCT__

thi administr __PUNCT__ for __NUM___year __PUNCT__ congress and the administr have not done anyth on thi energi_crisi __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ it hurt low __PUNCT__ incom_american the most __PUNCT__

there ar mani step that can be taken absolut __PUNCT__ includ the ga tax holidai __PUNCT__

everybodi __PUNCT__ everybodi __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ not a singl economist in the countri said it work __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ ye __PUNCT__

and there no economist in the countri that know veri well the low __PUNCT__ incom american who drive the furthest __PUNCT__ in the oldest automobil __PUNCT__ that sometim can't even afford to go to work __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ but thei all sai that that __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ and thei haven't met __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ not who __PUNCT__ ph __PUNCT__ go to get the benefit __PUNCT__

the oil_compani __PUNCT__ the ga compani ar go to absorb __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ you know __PUNCT__ thei __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__

ani reduct __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ thei sai that __PUNCT__

but on __PUNCT__ it didn't happen befor __PUNCT__ and two __PUNCT__ we wouldn't let it happen __PUNCT__

we wouldn't let it __PUNCT__ american wouldn't let them absorb that __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ how would you prevent that __PUNCT__ mccain __PUNCT__ we would make them shame into it __PUNCT__

we __PUNCT__ of cours __PUNCT__ know how to __PUNCT__ american_public public_opinion __PUNCT__

and we would penal them __PUNCT__ if necessari __PUNCT__

but thei wouldn't __PUNCT__

thei would pass it on __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ let me ask you about __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ but let me just final sai __PUNCT__ american need trust and confid in their govern __PUNCT__

the most import_thing i would do __PUNCT__ the most import of all __PUNCT__ is what i have done all the year i been in the congress __PUNCT__

i reach across the aisl to the democrat __PUNCT__ and i sai __PUNCT__ let go work togeth __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ i work with __PUNCT__ it not a fact that i would do someth new __PUNCT__

i work with joe_lieberman __PUNCT__ ted_kennedi __PUNCT__ russ_feingold __PUNCT__ byron dorgan __PUNCT__ you go down the list __PUNCT__ carl levin __PUNCT__ fritz holl __PUNCT__

look down the list of the bipartisan legisl and action that i done togeth __PUNCT__

i could do that much __PUNCT__ much more effect as presid of the unit_state __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ social_secur __PUNCT__

you a longtim support of the privat_account __PUNCT__ as presid_bush call for them __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ i am a support of sit down togeth and put everyth on the tabl and come up with an answer __PUNCT__

so __PUNCT__ there is noth i would take off the tabl __PUNCT__

there wa noth i would demand __PUNCT__

i think that the wai that ronald_reagan and tip_o'neil did it __PUNCT__

and that what we have to do again __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ in the past you said there wa essenti __PUNCT__ and you told the __PUNCT__ wall_street_journal __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ no __PUNCT__ i have said and will sai __PUNCT__ i will sai that everyth ha to be on the tabl __PUNCT__ if we go to reach a bipartisan agreement __PUNCT__

i been in bipartisan negoti befor __PUNCT__

i know how you reach a conclus __PUNCT__

we all have to sit down togeth with everyth on the tabl __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ so __PUNCT__ that mean payrol_tax tax_increas ar on the tabl __PUNCT__ as well __PUNCT__ mccain __PUNCT__ there is noth that off the tabl __PUNCT__

i have my posit __PUNCT__ and i articul them __PUNCT__

but noth off the tabl __PUNCT__

i don't want tax increas __PUNCT__

of cours i like to have young_american have some of their monei put into an account with their name on it __PUNCT__

but that doesn't mean that anyth is off the tabl __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ with __PUNCT__ ph __PUNCT__ their payrol_tax divert into account __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ i sai that everyth is on the tabl that ha to be on the tabl __PUNCT__ the wai tip_o'neil and ronald_reagan did __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ let me ask you about your posit to exclud russia from the g __PUNCT__ __NUM__ __PUNCT__

how ar you go to get that done __PUNCT__ everi other g __PUNCT__ __NUM___nation is against it __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ you have to take posit whether other nation agre or not __PUNCT__ becaus you have to do what best for america __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ you got some visitor here __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ and the world __PUNCT__

that sam __PUNCT__

look at russia action in the last week or so __PUNCT__

he get out of here __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ he get out __PUNCT__

it be fine __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ in the last week or so __PUNCT__ look at russia action __PUNCT__

thei cut_back on their oil suppli to the czech __PUNCT__ becaus the czech made an agreement with us __PUNCT__

thei have now thrown out the __PUNCT__ or forc out __PUNCT__ bp out of russia __PUNCT__

and by the wai __PUNCT__ i __PUNCT__ a lot of us thought that might happen __PUNCT__

thei continu to put enorm pressur on georgia in mani wai __PUNCT__

thei put_pressur on ukrain __PUNCT__

thei ar block action in the unit_nation nation_secur secur_council on iran __PUNCT__

and so __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ but how is kick out of the g __PUNCT__ __NUM__ go to make that better __PUNCT__ we need them __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ the g __PUNCT__ __NUM__ __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ to help secur nuclear_weapon __PUNCT__

we need them to help contain iran __PUNCT__

to kick them out is go to make it harder __PUNCT__ isn't it __PUNCT__ mccain __PUNCT__ we need to improv their behavior __PUNCT__

we need to make them realiz that the g __PUNCT__ __NUM__ wa found __PUNCT__ basic __PUNCT__ countri that ar democrat __PUNCT__ have our valu and our goal and share principl __PUNCT__

and presid putin and __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ the former presid putin __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__

hi govern __PUNCT__ former presid putin __PUNCT__ and now prime_minist putin __PUNCT__ ha taken hi countri down a path that i think is veri harm __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ do you still think he in charg __PUNCT__ mccain __PUNCT__ oh __PUNCT__ ye __PUNCT__

i am confid __PUNCT__ ye __PUNCT__ i believ that he in charg __PUNCT__

and i don't think he would have chosen hi successor __PUNCT__ if he didn't think he would remain in charg __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ let me get back to the origin question __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ thei becom __PUNCT__ thei becom an autocraci __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ becaus presid medvedev sai thi propos isn't even seriou __PUNCT__

so __PUNCT__ i go back __PUNCT__

how ar you go to exclud russia from the g __PUNCT__ __NUM__ __PUNCT__ when everi other countri is against it __PUNCT__ mccain __PUNCT__ i will stand up for what i think is the best for the unit_state of america and the world __PUNCT__ the wai that ronald_reagan went to berlin and said __PUNCT__ tear down thi wall __PUNCT__

and thei said __PUNCT__ oh __PUNCT__ he a cowboi __PUNCT__

he go to make relat wors __PUNCT__

he shouldn't sai that __PUNCT__

and yet __PUNCT__ we want the wall down __PUNCT__

we want better russian behavior internation __PUNCT__

and we have everi right to expect it __PUNCT__

and i will do what i can to see that thei revers mani of the behavior pattern __PUNCT__ which have realli been veri unhelp to peac in the world __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ what is your posit on gai adopt __PUNCT__ you told the __PUNCT__ new york_time __PUNCT__ you were against it __PUNCT__ even in case where the children couldn't find anoth home __PUNCT__

but then your staff backtrack a bit __PUNCT__

what is your posit __PUNCT__ mccain __PUNCT__ my posit is __PUNCT__ it not the reason why i run for presid of the unit_state __PUNCT__

and i think that two parent_famili ar best for america __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ what do you mean by that __PUNCT__ it not the reason you run for presid of the unit_state __PUNCT__ mccain __PUNCT__ becaus i think __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ i think that it __PUNCT__ it is import for us to emphas famili valu __PUNCT__

but i think it veri import that we understand that we have other challeng __PUNCT__ too __PUNCT__

i run for presid of the unit state __PUNCT__ becaus i want to help with famili valu __PUNCT__

and i think that famili valu ar import __PUNCT__ when we have two parent __PUNCT__ famili that ar of parent that ar the tradit_famili __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ but there ar sever hundr_thousand children in the countri who don't have a home __PUNCT__

and if a gai_coupl want to adopt them __PUNCT__ what wrong with that __PUNCT__ mccain __PUNCT__ i am for the valu that two parent_famili __PUNCT__ the tradit_famili repres __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ so __PUNCT__ you against gai adopt __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ i am for the valu and principl that two parent_famili repres __PUNCT__

and i also do point out that mani of these decis ar made by the state __PUNCT__ as we all know __PUNCT__

and i will do everyth i can to encourag adopt __PUNCT__ to encourag all of the thing that keep famili togeth __PUNCT__ includ educ opportun __PUNCT__ includ a better economi __PUNCT__ job_creation __PUNCT__

and i run for presid __PUNCT__ becaus i want to help famili in america __PUNCT__

and on of my posit is that i believ that famili valu and famili tradit ar preserv __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ oppon of affirm_action ar try to get a referendum on the ballot here that would do awai with affirm action __PUNCT__

do you support that __PUNCT__ mccain __PUNCT__ ye __PUNCT__ i do __PUNCT__

i do not believ in quota __PUNCT__

but i have not seen the detail of some of these propos __PUNCT__

but i alwai oppos quota __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ but the on here in arizona you support __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ i support it __PUNCT__ ye __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ final __PUNCT__ and i just go to take a stab at thi __PUNCT__

i pretti much know the answer __PUNCT__

i been told that when you talk about your vice presidenti pick __PUNCT__ the wai you character it is __PUNCT__ you want to scrambl the jet with your pick __PUNCT__

what doe that mean __PUNCT__ mccain __PUNCT__ i never us that phrase __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ never us that phrase __PUNCT__ mccain __PUNCT__ never __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ so __PUNCT__ what do you want to do with your pick __PUNCT__ mccain __PUNCT__ i want to be the best team that we can provid the unit_state of america in veri difficult_time __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ ar you get close on a decis __PUNCT__ mccain __PUNCT__ we ar still in the process __PUNCT__

stephanopoulo __PUNCT__ senat_mccain __PUNCT__ thank you veri much __PUNCT__

mccain __PUNCT__ thank you __PUNCT__