Unfortunately for McCain, the positions that he declares today in the GOP primary are drastically different than the ones that he has taken for his many years in the Senate. McCain has flip/flopped his way to the nomination. The straight talker of 2000 is the intolerant war monger of 2008, an empty suit that will say anything to become president.

go mccain, your numbers will swell with hillary supporters the moment obama gets the nod, including myself.

OK, so McCain says he can step up and be a good president. I'm not usually a republican supporter but I'd like to see a republican clean up the mess that they have gotten us into over the last two administrations. Why should the Democrats always have to do the re-calibration of this nation?

Who is he trying to convince us or himself? McCain was once a maverick but those were the good old days. He cannot have it both ways. If he is truly against the policies of Bush, then why has he agreed with him so often in the recent past. And if he truly cares about the troops, then why does he want to keep them in harms way? Also his foreign policy agenda of non negotiation is childish and archaic and it shall be exposed in the general election.

McCain you've got my Hillary vote!

John besides the poverty inducing carbon tax and the deadly IRAN/Iraq/Afghanistan/Pakistan quagmire... what DO you offer the American people? (Silence) Uh-huh.

I wonder if Obama talks to his mother-in-law?

McCain: I'm Not Bush III

Ha ha ha!

McCain't is again 'losing his bearings'. lol

McCain forget the Bush hugs?
The Bush-McCain tax cuts to to the wealthy who don't need it.

The Bush-McCain UNPROVOKED and endless Iraq war!

McCain was for Bush before he was against Bush Before he was for Bush before he's against Bush again. lol

'Straight talk express' should be retired to the rocking chair with Bush! lol

The more McCain't cites hisnational political experience, the more he becomes responsible for the present sad state of affairs in the nation.

Time to turn the page on McCain't kind of experience.

To the future, Americans!

Retire McCain't to his past experience.

If McCain is elected president, I will bet in the first 2 months, his rating will take a nose dive. He can't hide his true colors very long, he's starting to show them now.

wrong again mccain. you are bush in all the wrong ways.

Ok, so are you Hillary supporters serious? You are really going to be in total support of Hillary and then when she legitimately losses the democratic ticket, you decide, like a child, "I'm voting McCain"??? How exactly do you justify voting for someone who holds the exact opposite beliefs of your beloved Hillary??? Are you that childish..."If I can't have my way (Hillary) then no one can"!!! Seriously, name one, JUST ONE, belief that McCain shares with you and your beloved Hillary! JUST ONE! Plus you all know that Hillary will rally behind her party and thus Obama! So, perhaps instead of being so stubborn, simply say "You know Obama and Hillary are very alike and share many similar beliefs and ideas regarding the direction our nation should take"! I just can't fathom such idiocy! But, I guess bottom line all of the demographic info on who votes for who was correct! Affluent, well-educated people tend to vote for Obama! Hmmm...what does that tell you??? That he just may be the right person for the job?

Senator McCain, your opposition on the new GI Bill continues the despicable Bush administration policy of placing the entire burden of sacrifice for "staying the course in Iraq" on the shoulders of a handful of our number, those who have volunteered for our military. These individuals are now being asked to return to Iraq for tour after tour of duty, spending years away from their families, because the leadership of the Republican administration and Senate is unwilling to broaden the scope of citizen involvement in this war. The reason is, you know that President Bush, and now you, have been unable to persuade the electorate in this country that this cause really is a vital national security issue.

If, as you have said, remaining in Iraq for 5 years, 10 years, or even 100 years (as you said once) is in the vital national security interests of this nation, then you must take whatever steps are necessary to raise sufficient troops and funds to complete that mission. If that means instituting a draft, and raising taxes, then so be it. Charging the cost of this war to the next generation by taking cash advances on the national credit card is undermining our economy, and abusing the rights of future voters some of whom aren't even born yet! Flogging the same group of 150,000 (or so) volunteer military personnel and their families over and over with this responsibility is a betrayal by our government and by the American people, and it has already done grave damage to the morale of our volunteer army.

You may be right that we should "stay the course in Iraq". If you are, it is your responsibility as the leader of this nation to persuade the voters to support you. So far, you have failed to do that, this voter included.

i would love to share my opinion, but guess what? it is just an opinion. who really knows who is going to do what? after all, it is just words until something actually get done.

do any of you write to your reps after they are in office? how often? how about rallying until something gets done? no? why? oh because for some reason that's consider unpatriotic to hold our leaders accountable. got it!

But McCain shares Bush's views on everything from Iraq, to taxes, to health care, to social security. I don't think it's an unfair comparison. He voted multiple times to raise the debt ceiling for Bush's broken budgets. With guys like Charlie Black and Phil Gramm running the show it's hard to believe McCain represents any kind of change.

Don't get me wrong, I think it's good that he's broken with his backwards party on a few things (especially on climate change), but the only reason that makes him look like a "maverick" is because his Rep colleagues are a bunch of anti-science nutbars.

I think that it really shows that this "maverick" and "straight talk" stuff is really just branding when McCain can't admit his factual errors and has his campaign claiming "it depends on what the meaning of 'are' is".

The Hillary Supporters won't even help McCain get elected, cause the real CONSERVATIVES will vote for BOB BARR - make my words.

From these comments, it looks like the level of discussion regarding three (now two, likely) very worthy candidates has been reduced to venomous name-calling and personal insults.

As a moderate, I have never been happier with a set of choices for presidency. I support McCain between the two left standing...this "new politics" stuff from Mr. Obama is not credible.

Both parties have tended to play the "unify america" tactic for a long time. I prefer a somewhat divided one - faction and unity are equally dangerous in my mind...just my lil ol thoughts, don't kill me.

The real conservatives (Paul and Barr supporters) may also take a second look at Obama. They may not want four more years of the fiscally draining and srategically stupid Iraq war, irresponsible tax and economic policies, further needless and severe erosion of our civil liberties through legislation such as FISA, etc.

McCain has obvious differences with Bush. For example, today Bush said that we should be at war in Iraq for 40 years. McCain is committed to hundreds, if not thousands of years. Huge difference.

I'm counting the days until Obama and Mccain meet in their first debate. What a contrast - On one hand you have someone who is composed, strong, young, and inspiring. Then you have McCain, old, weak, boring, forgetful, uninspiring, with no vision and real sense of how to get us out of our national "rut". The contrast will make people feel sorry for McCain. It's one thing to be a hero; it's another to inspire a country into becoming hero's.