"I have a perfect voting record from organizations like the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion and all the other veterans service organizations."
The U.S. government spends less on energy innovation "than the pet food industry invests in its own products."
"McCain lobbied for (a) $10-million pork project honoring conservative justice."
Eliminating earmarks "would make barely a drop in the bucket with regard to the national debt, the deficit."
"McCain has voted repeatedly at least six times against funding for global HIV/AIDS, malaria and TB fund, once as one of only 14 senators."
After Reagan took office, "we didn't raise taxes and we didn't cut entitlements. What we did was we cut taxes."
John McCain has "a consistent pattern of ducking important environmental votes."
"Every billion dollars we spend on highway construction results in 47,500 jobs. But the fact is the average American is sitting in traffic 38 hours…
Says McCain was a "Hanoi Hilton songbird" who collaborated with the enemy.
"I supported (the surge), I argued for it. I'm the only one on this stage that did."
"It used to be the policy of the Republican Party to get rid of the Department of Education. We finally get in charge and a…
"He's (Romney) the one who said that he would be to the left of Teddy Kennedy on gay rights."