At the ripe old age of 70+, McCain is finally "grown up and serious"! Ha Ha. Maybe in the next decade he can finally educate himself about becoming less ignorant towards those with different races and religions.

McCain isn't taking any high roads. He rolls in the gutters with the rest of them.

Oh please! McCain acts like he hasn't done any dirty fighting in his campaign. Lets not forget that within the last month, he had his ancient old puppet of a mother bash Mitt Romney.

The only reason he didn't get involved with the "yard fight" is because he wouldn't win, he is too old and he would get his butt kicked up around his ears by the young bucks.

McCain is a washed up old buzzard.

Imagine we could have avoided the rise of Hitler if the U.S. had not entered the war. The Treaty of Versailles would have never been the cause of so much German humiliation and severe reparations, all of which gave rise to the German national resentment and to the rise of the ultra-nationalism of Hitler. Imagine again, 6 Million Jews would have never entered the death camps, Israel as we know it would not have been forced upon the Middle East and provided a center for decades of conflict. Imagine that the Soviet Union would have have controlled Eastern Europe and therefore the cold war would have never taken place. Imagine, if you will, that while the Japanese may have attacked Pear Harbor, the United States would have quickly won that war without the need of a European theater of war therefore, the likelihood of a nuclear bomb being dropped on Japan would have been far less.
Imagine the British would have never gained control of the Middle East because the Ottoman Empire would have been left to crumble on its own instead of breaking up after WWI. There would have been a natural evolution of nations based more on ethnicity instead of artificial borders the British imposed, also another cause of conflict in the region.

McCain is an interventionist and the biggest problem with intervention is that it drastically changes the fabric of the future, our future, in ways that we cannot see for decades. We should all consider the need for foresight as a major character trait for anyone who desires to be President; for decades we have had men with little foresight and much less wisdom. It is time to choose someone to lead this nation based upon a sober clarity, an ability to use reason, the last thing this country and world needs is another reactionary willing to shoot first and ask questions later.

Couldn't find a 12-year-old with a cell phone to cover the debate? How about some real news with intelligence.

No disrespect to McCain over this one. CNN must stand for Corrupt News Network.

Quid pro quo? Kennedy gets Clinton New York Senate seat in exchange for removing a potent scandal against her?

In any case because of his support for illegal lawbreakers, he has lost the trust of the legal voters.

The only man of dignity, honesty, and understanding of how this nation should be governed is Ron Paul. He's the most presidential candidate of the bunch.

Also, in regards to who is most presidential, Paul is the only one who seems to have a clear grasp on what the duties of the president is. all the talk of "when im president i will make this and that happen" is a bunch of malarky. The president has an influence, but Congress passes laws.

Richard, Ron Paul does not fall in line with the rest of the candidates, and opposes many of Bush's current policies.

Dr. Ron Paul just passed the 10 mill donation mark because Americans are smarter and more capable than corporate media would like to believe. People are tuning in and learning, and the tide it is a turning.

Oh, and this debate was a joke. Whatever happened to equal time?

Nice of CNN to use democrats to pose as regular people at the debate. People accuse FOX of being slanted, but clearly CNN is much worse.

Do you really think the guy having the shotgun tossed to him was a Democrat?
Maybe you should post you comments on FOX's political blog. Oh, that's right they don't have one.

How about telling us what plans they have for our nation instead of being so obsessed with Sen. Clinton???

What a depressing crop of candidates the Republicans have this election!!!!!

If he somehow would win the R primary AND if he could change his entreched position on Iraq – he should win the White House.

John McKain:

Woulda
Coulda
Shoulda!

You mention that America is too dumb and unintelligent. Read the article again.

"In an internal memo to the campaign’s leadership team obtained by CNN’s John King, John McCain’s campaign manager Rick Davis wrote that the Arizona senator..."

Where does it say that it was confidential? Also where does it suggest the memo was secret? I'm not a McCain supporter, but if you're going to call America dumb, please don't display the very thing you supposedly deplore.

Wallace

Right now, I'm looking for a candidate – I don't give a hoot and a holler which party at this point.

What I didn't see was 'dignity'...more like a used-up fighter-jock that was trying to ingratiate himself to the American public with the constant use of the term 'my friends', which I find particularly offensive...he is no friend of mine, and I resent the implication of familiarity.