(CNN) - Planned Parenthood Action Fund is launching a new ad Wednesday in crucial battleground states set to highlight a campaign trail moment John McCain would rather soon forget.
The 30-second spot aimed at women voters shows McCain's apparent unease when a reporter asked him last week whether it was unfair that some insurance plans covered Viagra and not birth control.
"Ever use birth control? Than you'll want to hear this," the ad's narrator states before a flustered McCain is shown saying, "I don't know enough about it to give you an informed answer."
Planned Parenthood spokesman Tait Sye says the ad will run in Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, New Mexico, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Washington, D.C. during television programs popular with women - including Wednesday's season premier of "Project Runway" and "Army Wives" on Lifetime. It will also air during Oprah in some markets.
The group is hoping this issue in particular resonates with the broad swath of the women voters McCain is trying to court - according to one study Planned Parenthood cites 98 percent of sexually active women have used at least one form of birth control.
The off-message moment stemmed from a comment by a member of McCain’s own team: national co-chairwoman Carly Fiorina, who had said earlier women often express frustration over the fact many health insurance plans cover Viagra but not birth control medication.
A McCain spokesman later said the Arizona senator supported competition in the healthcare industry, presumably allowing women to nix policies that cover Viagra but not their specific needs.
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Way to go planned Parenthood. It is unfair that most insurance companies will pay for Viagra and not for birth control pills.
I say this as a full-time backer of Barack Obama...OUCH!!!!
That moment was awkward and painful for McCain that I felt his pain...which was completely well deserved I must add. The hypocrisy done in the dark will eventually come to light. For McCain, it came to light on national tv!
What happen McSame, the age got your tongue??
Obama '08
TOUCHE!
I'm all for nailing John McBush!
Women dont even know how badly McCain's health program will effect them. I really wish you would look at it for yourself.
How does it fell now McCain? The man who wanted to run a respectful campaign.
How informed must John McCain be to answer a simple question regarding insurance compensating for Viagra and not compensating for birth control? In my opinion, it makes much more sense to provide birth control than it does to enable one to partake in sexual activity, much less put it on the televisions as an advertisement and sing Viva Viagra to the tune of Elvis Presley's Viva Las Vegas, glamorizing sexual activity as recreation and not reinforcing the intimate act between two individuals as an expression of love. Oh yes, if this man cannot distinguish the difference between these two, he most definitely needs to be in charge of decisions with regard to national security.
PUMA, here’s your man…against women’s rights, against equal pay for women. For the record, you make women look petty and small if you vote against your best interest just to spite a man (Obama) who did nothing but pull himself by the boot straps and became the best he can be to run for president.
Women are not the ones who make the decision about which insurance company they buy into. It is the company they work for that makes those decisions.
John McCain is living in a dream world of "free market competition" – between the military and Congress he has never had to make decisions about health insurance coverage.
Oh my gosh! Does the add have that hounting moment of Mcshame trying to think of something to say but instead we we him struggling with memory loss?
Hope they don't show it to kids before going to bed–Bad Dreams!
I hope the women voters will now begin to see that McCain does not support our interest. He never has, he received a big fat "0" rating among women group for his support on our issues. If you are concerned about these issues you should look at his policies and voting record on them.
If McCain can't even answer such a simple question as this, how does anyone think he could deal with much more complicated issues? "It isn't fair that insurance companies will pay for Viagra but not birth control". That's all he had to say, but apparently that was too difficult for him to do. You'd have to be a kool-aid drinker to think he'll be good for our country.
Women unify!
Wow!
And what are the women that want to vote for McCain? Give me 1 reason relating to women issues why. Just 1 reason please
McCain treats women like they're members of FDLS-as if their job is simply to make babies. No choice on safe sex or birth control.
He voted against the law that was advocating it-check his records for yourself.
Thank you Carly Fiorina for bringing this up, shows that you geniunely care about this issue, only you're just too stupid to realize you candidate does not support it.
It's baffling how CNN has avoided calling that moment what it was. It was NOT a Viagra moment. It was about McCain choosing to support a bill that required insurance companies to pay for Viagra but not for birth control pills. It was about the importance of women in McCain's world. That moment brought to mind once again the John McCain who at 42 divorce the wife who fought to have him released from war prison to marry –before his divorce was final - a 24 years old woman. Men's sexual pleasure is more important to McCain than women's health is.
McCain was right when he said he couldn't give an informed response to the question. The problem is he is too uninformed on too many subjects...DUH and he is running for President of the United States of America??.
Perfect. He needs to get called out on this. He had Carly Fionia out there making it sound like he is pro-womens rights when he actually has a zero rating with women groups. Can't have it both ways Mr. McCain. Either you play to your hardcore "women aren't equal" conservative base or move to reality.
Beautifully done!
Mccain is out of touch he needs viagra to be cheaper because he use it.
Yeah and considering birth control is used for other things, not just birth control. But I'm sure McSame dosen't understand that.
Just say no to McBush
I like it.....
Talk about confused.
The Republicans want to appeal to women but don't want to support birth control. What to do! What to do!.
I guess they will double talk until they confuse the voters enough that they will vote for McCain to see what he will actually do.
Great ad Planned Parenthood. Thats your guy PUMA's; Meow.....
"I don't know enough about it to give you an informed answer" was pretty bad. Perhaps he should consult with Cindy. But watching the pained expression on his face, rolling his eyes, basically looking like a deer caught in head lights.........Is he Presidental material? He does however have the full support of the women of PUMA! Yip, he'll be great for women. The sadistic part of me hopes they get him!
REPUBLICAN PRIORITIES.
Well he does not know Womens issues. He admitted to knowing very little about the economy. But, McBush claims he knows how to win wars. So if you want four years of more wars. He is your man.
It is an interesting ad. This one may hurt McCain.
Excellent!
Looks like Obama has people backing and helping him as well. Organizaitons like: Planned parenthood, moveon etc. McCain is not the only one with surrogates to help fight this battle. It will be a hard one but Obama is getting there. Will McCain cry about this?
Obama has money as well, is all I'm saying!
Oh CNN, where is the article about Obama leading in Arizona?
I love this vidoe. I think it is the best video ever in this presidential campaign. It shows that McCain is out of touch with real women.
I like the ad–this is a very important subject. Women need to pay attention!
McCain doesn't care if birth control is covered by insurance companies so women can have affordable birth control to prevent unplanned pregnancies, but he wants to force every unplanned baby to be born.
He makes no sense!!!
I respect Mr. McCain, but there are so many blunders that he has made on the campaign trail, the public needs to pay attention. He doesn't seem to have an opinion that is not pre-scripted by his speech writers. Having a man as inarticulate as Bush for the last 8 years, and basically totally depenidng on his speech writers without a thought of his own should warn us all of the similar template with McCain. Please America, wake up. We need to have an intelligent leader for our Presidential candidate that the entire world will respect and one who can be a role model not just for America but for our international community. Let's not blunder this election again.
Nothing like honesty to show the situation we're in. McSame is out of touch with the American people-he has no answers . He openly admits his lack of knowledge on Economics, and his answer to the foreign policy debacle is: "I know how to win wars". He can keep his viagra and hawkish attitudes- just don't let him anywhere near the Oval Office! Eight years is ENOUGH!
"A McCain spokesman later said the Arizona senator supported competition in the healthcare industry, presumably allowing women to nix policies that cover Viagra but not their specific needs."
I thought only McCain speaks for McCain?
McCain has NO right to talk about family values after what he did to his own family.
I will Never vote for McSenile !
Look at this man's voting record on women's issues!! He voted against cancer screenings for low income women, against equal pay, and against making employers pay for birth control!! How could any intelligent woman ever vote for this man? I know we wanted Hillary to be the first woman president but come on! Please don't let it be said of women that we are emotional basket cases that care more about "our feelings" than the good of "our country."
The only idea McBsh has in his head is who to bomb, bomb, bomb. No idea on who to help! Oh my God, did you see the shot of his prehistoric looking hand....gross!!
Good, we all the vast differences in the treatment of women's issues between the RNC and the DNC.
This is great, because it is McCain unscripted. These ads should do well in certain markets.
Obama 08
Good. Expose the adulterer for what he is. Smart women for Obama.
Seems like cat has got the tongues of the Obama bashers. Puma supporters, eyc just like your candidate!!
Wake up America; it is time to really look at McCain's inability to lead and to deal with the complexities of the job as president. I can't imagine this man sitting down with world leaders or inspiring allies. No wonder he doesn't want direct talks!!
We don"t need Hillary and her screaming supporters to win this election. We have the white male vote and we will win.
McCain 08
"I don't know enough about it to give you an informed answer."
Scary, he says that alot about many other issues as well. And he's running for President ? Hmmmmmm
This is the real McCain: a man who can't remember how he voted or if he even voted. He sits there in silence, then starts looking around at the ceiling and squints his eyes trying to remember the script for soft peddling, only to conclude he doesn't know enough about the subject.
PS: there is a typo in the article, 3rd paragraph, second sentence "Than" should be "Then". Here: Ever use birth control? Than you'll want to hear this," it should be "Then" you'll want to hear this.
While he's at it, he should tell us exactly what it's like to be a woman., because as ridiculous as that sounds, apparently some folks would rather have a candidate give them some slick answer based upon absolutely no knowledge or experience, rather than to just say "I don't know".
HE NEEDS A VIAGRA LIKE PRODUCT FOR THE BRAIN.
HE WORKED ALL WEEK ON DEALING WITH THE
NONEXISTENT ISSUES OF A NONEXISTENT NATION.
God you people are stupid. If your insurance company doesn't cover birth control, go find one that does. You DO have a choice. I'm sorry, did I just scare you? Would you rather the government make your choices for you?
Vote Obama and you'll never have to make another decision again.
Well since Hilliary didn't win and there is no way that I can vote for Hussien Obama I guess this is just what I am no going to have to get used to. I am quitting my day job, and baking a farewell appe pie to all the progress of womens rights over the past 50 years. Hillary our nothing.
He's telling the truth, he doesn't know enough about it. McCain's a dinosaur who needs to retire. The world has changed and the issues that affect young families have changed as well.
Obama 08
Now I have to defend grand pa McCain here. The old man is 72 years old. He does not use Viagra...his bird is already sleeping for good!
He does not know about birth control either, he has no need of it. Give him a break! He is an old man. He is not from Iceland or Africa. He is American!
Hello yes!
Well there you go hillary girls vote for him out of spite but before november i strongly strongly suggest you do your research on mccain and on his voting record when it comes to women i have and i think you will be having second thoughts !!!! and if you have daughters please think twice!!!
Planned Parenthood is not partisan is it? They ought to lose their tax exemption for this ad. Personally I do not think that Insurance Companies should pay for Viagra. Birth Control is a different story. Maybe Congree should make a deal and make Insurance Companies pay for Birth Control but taxpayers not have to pay for abortions even though I am pro-choice for the 1st trimester only. But still this ad is proof of Planned Parenthood's bias and I would not support them ever.
Let's see how long CNN keeps this ticker open opposed to the ones that unfairly represent Obama.
Disgruntled Clinton supporters, here is your man.
Check his track record on women's issues. Abysmal at best.
We love ya'll, please make the right choice.
Obama 08'
CNN...............where the whiners live.
That goes to show how screwed up things really are, to me planned parent hood is just or maybe more important as viagra. Maybe McCain is against birth control,which is a good way to help prevent abortions and yet he is anti-abortion.
Cat got your tongue? It's difficult to argue with the facts isn't it? Please Lisa or Jan make a sound political argument for why women should vote for McCain who has voted against every women's issue every chance he got!! Remember the issues ladies?
Of course McShame doesn't care about birth control like most Republicans. He wants woman to have children and then once they are born they tell the woman that they are on their own. No help from the Government to help them with the child. McShame is a woman hater.
L.O.L.
ILLUMINATI MEMBERS: YOUR TIME IS ALMOST UP. HOW DOES IT FEEL? YOU WORRIED? I CAN SMELL YOU READING THESE BLOGS.
So many people are involved in EXPOSING this current way of life. Or no life at all IF YOU CATCH MY DRIFT.
You put us to sleep. Very clever I must say. But the lights just came on.
And if you hurt our man, oh you will pay. You will see an uprising like no other. We hear your whispers but you can't hear ours.
TO MY FELLOW MANKIND: AMERICA IS NOT WHAT YOU THINK IT IS
Most will dismiss this warning. I'm crazy right? But on the contrary, this is from a man who has been overseas and seen the truth. Now it's up to YOU.
STEP BACK AND TAKE A CLOSER LOOK FROM THE OUTSIDE. YOUR INSTINCTS NEVER LIED TO YOU. EVERYTHING YOU FELT WITHIN IS TRUE.
FORGOT TO GIVE YOU A BIT OF DATA.
$2.1 BILLION FOR VIAGRA, PER YEAR.
18 MILLION CHILDREN, NO MEDICAL INSURANCE.
REPUBLICAN FAMILY VALUES, YES VIAGRA-NO MEDICINE.
Don't the old goats who still whine after Clinton need Viagra for their men ??? PUMA roars !!
Please post CNN.
Cat got your tongue? It's difficult to argue with the facts isn't it? Please Lisa or Jan make a sound political argument for why women should vote for McCain who has voted against every women's issue every chance he got!! Remember the issues ladies?
Much ado about nothing. Viagra is made for older men who have problems with erection. I think older women don't have this problem also after a woman reaches age 50 or so mother nature takes care of the birth control problem so I don't see there is much of a controversy
mccain is inept! that interview highlighted his memory lapse beautifully.
anybody who honesty wants our country to be successful and flourish, the true patriots, will not elect this forgetful, lying warmonger to lead the US.
Mcsame is not capable, nor intelligent enough to be the commander-in-chief of his own household, let alone this country.
McCain voted has voted against every bill to help regular people whether GI's, women or civil liberties. Just a month ago he voted against a bill to guarentee women equal pay. He doesn't care about people, he is a republican.
He was like how did this person get on my bus??
This guy is just pathetic and he is running for the highest and most prestigious office in the world? Unbelievable..........!!!
McCain doesn't know much about the economy or birth control......hmmmm. Thats really a nice pick you got there Repugs and PUMA's.
This was an uncomfortable moment for McCain. Imagine this man talking about issues that matter to the average woman for FOUR years. He simply won't talk about it, because he can't, and it's not his fault. He's just a man who lived his prime in a different time and a different era.
Barack could probably talk more directly to these issues as he has a young family and is more current. I think all male candidates should have a crash course in women's medical issues.
....and John McCain responds, "What's health insurance?"
If I were McCain I would definitely have a women Surgeon General onboard. Someone who can speak to women's medical issues.
I'm against blonde trophy wives. John and Mitt both have trophy wives.
MIchelle Obama like Hilary Clinton is a smart intelligent women who has a successful career. Its time we got an intelligent women back in the whitehouse.
This is a wake up call for those women who a want to vote for McCain. You guys need to do a reality check and ask yourself: what is McSame standing on women issues such as:
Health insurance, reproductive rights, war in Iraq that is affecting familes, education, tax breaks and you name the rest.
More to come!
HA!
It is enough that we have an overarching of religion and politicis....and to add Viagra and birth control......now we have divine intervention. It is probably a position that McCain feels that whatever answer he provides........there is really no answer......like the double edge sword cutting both ways.
Abby- You said it ALL! Good for you! pumA's need to get over themselves and think about the Country- and they are hurting themselves by having such spite!
Great tactic.
Way to go.
But I would hate to see the add over and over again................it was painful watching the old guy almost breakdown in tears.
Obama/Nunn in 2008 and beyond!
This ad actually is very kind to McCain. If you want to see how painful his response really was, go to youtube and search mccain viagra interview. His "Bush" moment went on about 4 times as long as the ad shows and some of his facial expressions are priceless, although nothing you would want from your President.
How many people can change insurance companies, especially if they work for a large employer. Perhaps McSame doesn't understand how people obtain insurance for themselves and their family. His argument to change insurance companies is probably the most idiotic to date.
Obama 08/12
Any questions about who you want answering that 3 AM phone call??
Any time McCain is "off message" and doesn't have someone to tell him what to say, is scripted or just plain rehearsed, he is like a fish out of water.
McCain is no friend to women's issues or women in general. Come on, America, let's send John McCain back to the senate in November, a job he is better suited for. Judging from his tortured response to this quesdion, he certainly is not good a making decisions any magnitude.
GO OBAMA!
This is one of so many occasions where Grampy looks overwhelmed by the moment. Sad thing is, George Bush had many of these same "moments" and he got elected twice. Here's looking at your candidate PUMA and all the other disgruntled Hillary supporters. Have fun with that, your pocketbook and the war!
Wow! McCain looked very inept!!! He was painful to watch, and I almost felt sorry for him.
I clearly understand why he might have forgotten the specifics of the legislation, but FORGETTING HOW HE FELT! I'm not sure about this one John. You were atrocious!!
I truly hope the nation votes truly based on who is best to handle the job. I can't see that being McCain.
Shia, Shi'ite, Czech Republic, Viagra and birth control, basic economics, Baghdad safe to stroll through without protection, Al Qaeda in Iran.....just how much ELSE can a man running for President NOT be informed about?
Stop insulting John McCain's service to this country.
Ohhhh they can try all they want. I may not be voting for McCain, but NO WAY IN HELL will I vote for a man I do not trust, aka Obama.
This was so painful to watch it was halarious!!
I'm glad this exposed McCain's inability to answer a very simple question. When asked an AIDS question in the past, he did the same thing in that he said he would "have to check my voting record".
Have to say that I feel sorry for him, and whoever we do not agree with deserves the same respect we would like to be given (to those whom the shoe fits on these blogs), but this should be a good wake-up-call for those on the fence. Presidential caliber? Am afraid not.
men with diabetes and other a few other diseases that prevent them from getting an erection is why some insurance companies cover viagra. same for birth control they will cover it if there is a medical reason for it but they wont pay for condoms for men the issue is apples and oranges.
and im not a mcain supporter nor an obama one but the mcbush and mcsame line alot of you use is tragically unfunny. noone has butted heads with george bush more over the years than john mcain. obama has been more in line with bushes policies lately than alot of republicans
If anyone REALLY listens and watched McCain's reaction AND BODY-LANGUAGE, YOU CAN'T HAVE THIS MAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE!
He looked totally stumped, TOTALLY out of touch with Americans! BUT........ Americans will vote for him! Because they are afraid to have a black man as president!
I hope that the DNC will take McCain gaffe on birth control pills and viagra and have ads constantly running....... showing an uninformed nation who McCain REALLY is........ a mumbling idiot just like Bush!
I saw that very very bad. I can't vote for him, but I haven't decided if I am going to vote for Obama either I am not high on either one of them.
I agree that McCain should have just supporter birth control but you can't blame him for being cautious. Give the man a break. There are more important things on the agenda.
I do have a problem w/ policies that cover Viagra and not birth control as well. The policies should cover neither.
"... allowing women to nix policies that cover Viagra but not their specific needs"
Sure, of course you can refuse your insurance plan if it doesn't suit you.
You have a God given right to have no insurance.
HHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH....ohhh..HAHAHA... John McCain is going to make a great President, for David Letterman, SNL, and any comedian with a late night talk show...he is a rich elitist but oh so priceless...unless you are a lobbyist, then you can buy him at $500,000.00
THE INSURANCE COMPANIES PROBABLY GET A GOOD DEAL ON VIAGRA WHICH IS WHY ITS FOR FREE. OR DOCTORS HAVE GIVEN A GOOD REASON FOR IT TO BE FREE.
STOP GETTING YOUR KNICKERS IN A KNOT – CRAZY PEOPLE
As if anybody really has a choice about health plans. Either your employer chooses, you're on medicare/medicaid, or you don't have any coverage. It's all based on price, not services.
I love how Republicans have not commented on this thread. Where are his supporters now? Where are you guys? Hello? Can we get get an "informed" comment now.
GOBAMA! GOBAMA! GOBAMA!
Eric I agree with you ,all McCain had to say was no it was not fair. The fact birth-control can help to prevent unwanted pregnancies ; which in turn may prevent abortions of these unwanted pregnancies, which MCain is against,would have been a good thought. McCAIN VOTED AGAINST EQUAL PAY FOR WOMEN AND JUST STOP BEATING HIS WIFE,WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A JOKE!!!!!!!
GOOD JOB ANGRY WOMEN HILLARY SUPPORTERS YOU SURE PICK A WINNER !!!!!!!!!
MAMMA MIA, that's right. Attack Obama since this story has nothing to do with him, and *everything* to do with the fact that McCain is unfit for the presidency. It really does appear that people who continually support McCain really have no interest in the needs of the country.
Finally, someone making McCain face the music! I love it!!!!!!!
White House......here we come!
OBAMA / SEBELIUS -08!
Goodness gracious! I would certainly think that if any old geezer needed Viagra, it would be John McCain–and then Little Cindy may be in for some disappointments! LOL!
Awesome Planned parenthhod! Talk about a senior moment – this one was too sad to see!
Cnn please post my message.
For once Mccain praise Obama, It was sad the day Obama clich his party nomination McCain did praise Obama instead he went on criticizing Obama failing to acknowledge Obama's success.
Obama has always praise McCain for his service to the nation.
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PUMA's there's your candidate. Congrats, he looks like a real prize.
Where can we go to play the ad?
Cannot get it to come up.
Course, is right wing CNN so probably planned.
Thanks
i actually watched a longer clip of that interview last week. It's rediculous and sad. I mean, the questioner repeats herself about 3 times and really only is asking "what's your opinion?" At some point mccain says something brilliant like "i dont know i'll have to look at my voting record on that". Well, john, your voting record is only going to tell you what your opinion was before you went senile, its not going to help you answer any new questions as president. Cant you just see the red phone ringing at 2 am? "i'm sorry, i'll have to check my voting record on that. i'll definately try to get back to you later today...."
Any woman who hears about this and can still consider voting for mccain.... i dont know. they need help. badly.
Mccain is old a liar and want to take the right to choose from women and he don't believe in birth control. Hillary Supports as angry as you are are you really going to throw away every thing that countless generations have worked for just because you are angry Roe VS Wade This Election we will tell if American Women will really CUT of Your NOSE Just to Spite Your FACE! Vote with your Daughters and Sons well being and Freedon on Nov. 5 Vote For Barack Obama!
As a pro-life Democrat who finds more responsibility toward life in the Democratic party, be prepared for this Planned Parenthood sponsored ad to be spun by the right wing as a left-leaning ad supported by baby killers.
I understand some of their sentiment in that I believe killing across the board is immoral. This is why I'm calling on all reasonably minded Democrats to support the push to have the Abortion Reduction Act embraced by the Dems platform. It DOES NOT TAKE AWAY A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE. It does work to help some of the economic conditions, for example, that in the end might support the mother to bring her child into the world. And we all know Dems in power have policies to care for people once they are born UNLIKE the other side of the coin. Please consider and support this effort to save lives while retaining the right to choose.
VIAGRA needs to be banned. It is absolute absurd for insurance companies to pay for it when they won't even pay for many needed medications! If the men can't get it up, get over it and learn sex isn't everything!
Okay, aside from all the gross Viagra jokes (can we please stop invoking that image, by the way?), I'm glad to see organizations like Planned Parenthood reaching out to women voters and trying to inform them that McCain simply doesn't have their interests in mind. At all.
A picture is worth a thousand words .... McCain is clearly not informed on this topic. I'm not even talking about whether I agree with his point of view or not ... he doesn't even have one!
Ignorance about somethings can be forgiven but for a guy running for President for the 2nd time, it's telling that he hasn't cared enough about women before this to have thought this through.
Let's wait for his handlers to tell him how to respond.
Please, stop lumping all women into one group. A great many of us know that a vote for McCain is a vote against our own interests. McCain is not much older than I am, but he appears never to have moved beyond the '50s mindset regarding women. Were this man to become President, the advances made by women over recent decades would be reversed. McCain is trapped in the wrong decade. In his mind, he's still fighting the Cold War, stopping Commies, and keeping the "ladies" where they belong. Vile.
Hey McCain
Having insurance covering birth control pills for women is a LOT better than ABORTION and killing babies!! Think about it!
But that is right, Obama is FOR ABORTION and killing babies.
hahahahahah....hahahahah...wait a minute, I gotta catch my breath. Just saw the video of McStumped on his reaction to the Viagra question, that was hiliarious. And some of you want this man to be president of the USA? I gotta play it again...hahahahaha.....
Well... looks like McCain won't get the "Free Abortions for Everybody" crowd...
I'm sure he was counting on them going Republican!!!!
OUT OF TOUCH!...why in the world would you need to know about this to give a informed answer.....it was a question my 15 year old daughter could have answered and she's not on birth control...
Women who can't afford birth control certainly can't afford a baby, so clearly it should be important to make sure birth control is available and affordable. I can't understand why McCain doesn't get this simple issue...
Ha,ha,haaaaaaaaaaaa! I love it! You should see the whole interview!!! It was one of his advisors that asked this question!
He can only talk about his POW years!!!
If he needs to be INFORMED as to if birth control pills should be covered (when he is agaisnt any abortion) when a pill that helps men's sexual performance is covered, then he's plain stupid or a sexist -I'd say both. Didn't vote for equal pay for women-history of wife abuse and adultry- jokes about bombing women and children in Iran and laughs about kill 'em with cigaettes (ever heard of second hand smoke?) Oh, and Mc Ms BUD has lobbists working against Mothers Against Drunk Drivers!
PUT HILLARY CLINTON'S NAME UNDER IT, OVER IT, ON IT
AND IT WILL FLY / SOAR/ GLIDE /ZIP THROUGH.
...that's gonna leave a mark
PUMA people that's your man. What a joke you people are.
Clinton supporters are idiots vote for whoever you like. I think its just a way to cover the fact that there are Racist democrats as well. Look at Mccain, if after looking at his record you will still vote for him against Obama, your not a democrat your afraid of black people..lol
I'm glad everyone is enjoying this ad but have any of you actually checked your insurance policies to see if this is correct? I suggest you read the fine print. Tricare Prime (the insurance that covers retired military) for example DOES cover birth control but DOES NOT cover Viagra.
While all you lemmings are jumping off the cliff for no reason I'll sit back and wait for a legitimate topic by which to chose my candidate.
Anybody that got insurance through your job knows that you have not choice in the insurance provider that your compay goes through you can't go tell the company you work for that you don't find the Insurance company's lack of covering certain medicines that you need inadequate and you need a different provider they will laugh at you and tell you to go find you another provider Mcshame and is campaign disgust me they are true Liars
To all the white male voters: iF YOU HAVE DAUGHTERS AND GRAND DAUGHTERS I'M SURE THAT YOU WANT THE BEST FOR THEM, SO A VOTE FOR MCCAIN IS A VOTE FOR THE DEMISE OF ALL WOMEN IN THE COUNTRY, THINK ABOUT IT!
OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT
This guy is really living in the wind.He supports insurance cover for viagra a stimulus for high sexual drive that inevitably brings about unwanted pregnancy but opposes a cover for birth control drugs and yet stands for anti abortion.
Pro-life um! How I wish he had the phone number of PP John Paul 1.
The Vatican can help him.Good luck!
EXCELLENT AD !!!!
Lets see, you Obamites are praising an add from an organization that was founded to keep the minority populations under control by advancing abortion and selective birth control? Look it up in your history books. Of course, you Obamites are all about rewriting history and distortion just like your empty-suit cult leader.
As far as McCain's uncomfortable moment – I guess he is just not comfortable giving a off-the-cuff answer to a question like your BS-artist Obama is – and then reversing himself later. Obama is real slick in front of a friendly camera. As we saw from the primary debates, a few tough questions can really derail him.
McCain might have the PUMA vote but he has lost the COUGAR vote.
Hey boys and girls..Don't worry, this will all be over after the first debate....If you think McCain looks dumbfonded now, wait until he has to debate Obama....Obama 08
McCain doesn't care about women and that has been obvious before this moment. He wasn't around for his children, he treated his wives like dogs who should always be in the kitchen, he calls them the famous C word when they disagree. He cheated on his exwife with Cindy while on business in Washington, both Ronald and Nancy Reagan hated him for years because of the way he treated his ex-wife. He has always voted against equal pay for equal work and many other issues that are not supportive of women needs in this country. McCain is a sexist and just ask Cindy, she hides and does stuff behind his back because she is scared of him (eg: her drug abuse and getting a pilot's license and buying an airplane).
I'd rather have someone tell the truth and say he doesn't know than one that blabs and blabs making up crap to whatever he doesn't understand (Obama).
I wonder how long Carly Fiorina will remain a McShame surrogate since she is the one who raised this issue. Between Dr. Phil Graham, and Carly Fiorina's statements, as well as McCain's own, frequent, senior moments, this is an inside destruction job, Obama may not have to do anything to point out McCain's flaws.
One treats a dysfunction. One stops a natural function. Apples to Oranges...
Best video of the campaign so far. Beats Jeremiah Wright and Bosnia hands down!!! Very funnfy indeed, yet very sad.
I hate to sound misinformed, but will some one please tell me what PUMA stands for.
What kills me is our scientists are creating this drug for old men to get it up, when they need to make a birth control for young men so they can keep it down!
Birth rates are out of control, and as a woman, I feel it is my responsibility to myself to protect myself, which is why I use birth control. Men however are just told to strap it up! I feel like the birth control should be focused on men more so than women, especially since it is the man's sperm that when joined w/ the seed creates the baby...not only that but a man can get 10 women pregnant per day if he wanted to! That is ridiculous! I believe companies should restructure their plans to include option add-ons for birth control for women and Viagra for the men.
Too bad we live in such a man's world...
Come on Planned Parenthood – Leave the insurance companies alone. They are doing it for the sake of our country. If we want to compete with China and India's population, we need more people.... LOL
You lefty's crack me up. At least he had the courage to say he didn't know enough about the issue to provide an informed response. The issue is bigger than Viagra vs. Birth Control Pills. It's about WHY insurance companies don't cover them and why they cover the other. I guess he could have gone the Obama route and made something up at the moment and then change his position at another convenient moment and then changed it back at another convenient moment etc. etc.
For those of you surprised by Planned Parenthoods commercial, what rock have you been living under. They live on the fringe of the left. Their commercial is a non-issue. Let me remind you WOMEN who have daughters of something you may have forgotten. This is the same group that wants to teach your children about sex in our public school system WITHOUT YOUR KNOWLEDGE or CONSENT. So really who do you trust? Youself or this left wing organization!
The Hillnuts that are posting on here must be Republicans trying to stir the pot. No one can seriously claim that McCain supports women's rights.
"Mommy, why is that man standing there with his mouth open not answering the reporter's question?"
If you'd read, you know that his healthcare proposals call for programs tailored to the individual. Women wouldn't pay for viagra. Men wouldn't pay for birth control, breast exams, child birth, etc...
Obama wants a one size fits all...we all know how well one size fits all works in government.
What an absolutely shameful response.
McCain is simply not fit to run this country. Not now.
PERSOANL TO ANONYMOUS:
It's been a while, eh?!
McCain should do a Brittney Spears remix of..."OOOP I did it again"
The right wingers are acting loopy. Must be because they know the gig is up. They are out numbered. They are in the early stages of despiration. I expect things to get down right crazy and ugly on the right.
Obama 08
Well if we are going there...
Tall skinny Black man vs shriveled up geriatric on a bottle of Viagra.
Barack win by a foot.
GOOD F'N GRIEF!!!! This is getting ridiculous. McCain calls for healthcare competition which would allow a woman the choice to pick their prescription plan. WHAT IS SO WRONG WITH THAT!!?!! The move that our country is taking towards the liberal side will ruin this country if we aren't careful. I'm not saying that you have to be completely on the right to be correct, but you definately have to start coming back towards the center or we are all in trouble.
Im a HRC/Mccain Supporter... I personally they should hand out birth control like candy ..... Free FOR ALL... we will save money in the long run with less mommies on welfare...
well if you asked obama, he would have to make a speech after he answered the question as it was loaded and whatever you said on the spot would be dissected by the opposition. at least his (McCain's ) health plan will allow you to chose one that is suited to what you need and be portable unlike his highness obama's
He says he is in favor of women picking their own policies allowing for MCP and nixing Viagra. Does he not realize that the majority of people on insurance are on work policies? We all can't afford to get a specific policy that costs hundreds of dollars more per month, to pick and choose whether we get BCP or viagra. He voted AGAINST BCP being covered, when he voted.
I don't understand why the media has not covered more of his gaffes and blunders. I realize that it would appear to be biased, however, he needs to be known by the American Public, and they need to know how he doesn't understand things, and how he has flip flopped on issues that he has voted against or for for the past 20 years.
It seens that we are more interested in taken care of horny men than take care of the more pressing problem which controling unplaned births.
he's a 100 years old he need Viagra!
This is easy: Viagra is for a medical condition. Birth Control is a choice.
I think a more important point would be why don't insurence companies cover drugs to stop smoking?
All I can say is Well? I am waiting McCain. Lets hear the answer to that one!!!
Now, let's be fair - after all, how can McCain answer a single question without Lieberman whispering in his ear?
All you PUMAs need to get over yourselves, and see what a vote for McCain will do to you and your daughters.
he can use viagra if he wants!but,he should only use it at home....
McCain is anti-women! He persistently votes against women. I don't understand how any female or lover of females, sons, husbands brothers, boyfriends, could ever even consider voting for McCain.
The PUMA people and others who were formerly for Hilary and are now for for McCain get me the most. The man called Hillary a B and laughed when someone else did both on national TV. He called his own wife a C and left his first wife after deciding that she was no longer attractive after a near-fatal car accident.
What is wrong with you people?!
Wake up America McCain's answer to everything is let the markets decided. Well the markets have decided the rates for interest on loans and mortgages so there is one clue. The markets decide on the cost of health insurance and what coverage you can expect to get so there is another clue.
How about the biggie let the markets decide where the products will be manufactured as corporations are more concerned with the country's welfare than profits so there is a real big clue.
As far as women's rights are concerned McCain has gone against them on each and every issue but how many women will become of aware of this and vote in their own best interest? That's the biggie!!
Another senior moment. Imagine the number he could have in the White House!
Hold his walker to the fire. Make face the chin music.
The bigger problem by far is making birth control pills widely available in Third World regions where populations are skyrocketing out of control.
Not only should birth control pills be covered under insurance plans...but the U.S. should adopt a program to subsidize disbursement to areas that have shortages of food and over-population.
PS remember not all women's issues are not about abortion and Roe Vs Wade they could be as small as that little pill millions of women need to take... he voted against it and it is so insignificant to him he doesn't even remember it.... THINK THINK THINK this is the year you can make a difference...
this is a national news site. please spell correctly or otherwise recognize the difference between "then" and "than". paragraph three, second sentence.
I hear McCain's comment as an attempt to provide an honest-straight answer, rather than opting to answer with an embellished response based on what the questioner expected to hear. That kind of moral strength and fiber is what I want from a leader.
I hope, trust, and pray that those entities and institutions who chose to further their own cause by exploiting this via commercials will be seen as what they are by US voters.
I am surprised at the preponderance of comments that appear to be based on a perception of reality altered by ignorance or by personal bias.
Paging all PUMAs, PUMAs please report to the blog.....
(crickets chirping)
Oh yeah, this is a comment that shows how poor of a mistake they'd be making to move from supporting Clinton to supporting McCain, instead of Obama. Don't worry though, sure they'll come back out of their caves and just pretend like this McCain incident didn't happen, until he does something like it again.
Their votes, if they are who the say they are and now for McCain, are only delusional, self serving acts and shows their real lack of support for this country, it's citizens, and their own gender.
PUMA
PUMA
NOBAMA!
Hillary 2012!
A McCain spokesman later said the Arizona senator supported competition in the healthcare industry, presumably allowing women to nix policies that cover Viagra but not their specific needs
McShame is a selfish OLD Goat1111
I haven't seen the commercial, but I saw the Q&A it was based on.
Does the ad include that precious moment when he goes bug-eyed? Total panic.
It was just the SAME as one of our other Presidents who stammered and hemmed and hawed at questions that were not pre-written (or tossed at them by gay porn stars posing as journalists.) Who was that. . . oh, yeah . . . it was just the SAME as W. Bush!!!
So what. PUMA I remain. It would take a lot more than this to dissuade me from casting a vote for McCain so as to help ensure that Nobama's carry to the White House is halted.
As an aside, it's interesting the number of "old geezer" type remarks about McCain that Obama supporters feel free to make. Yet, they do nothing but cry and whine anytime anyone begins to level any criticism at their Chosen One. Hmmmm. Wonder who the hypocrites are now?????
Hopefully a lot of the disgruntled Hillary supporters will take notice of this and reconsider voting for McCain purely for spite.
Just read some real news from a real news outlet (BBC.co.uk) that the US will negotiate with Iran this weekend. I guess Dummy Dubya doesn't mind being what he himself calls "an appeaser".
Keep in mind that the next president could choose up to three supreme court justices. The liberty we have over our bodies is not long for this world under John McCain.
This is a great ad. Good job Planned Parenthood. If the media won't address this stuff, then someone should pick up the pieces.
This is an amazing point that McCain should of had an opinion to. What is more important to our society? Viagra, or birth control?
In his defense, there were probably too many conflicting thoughts that he was scared to give an opinion. Not wanting to offend the Catholics who might be against birth control, not wanting to scare off the viagra users, and not wanting to look like Bob Dole and endorsing Viagra
But i think he was scared that he was going to get caught with viagra pills.
So he doesn't know enough about it so rather than stick his foot in his mouth and spit out something that is crap he says he doesn't know. That's a heck of a lot better than someone just spitting out the PC answer and not actually knowing anything. The president has an entire group of people (the Cabinet) that figures stuff out like that – the best president isn't necessarily the smartest one but the one who surrounds himself with smart people... The most dangerous president is one who thinks he is so smart he doesn't need feedback/opinions – I'm MORE likely to vote for McCain since he doesn't speak to stuff which he doesn't know about...
More then the Viagra and Birth Control issue, look at McCain's *response* to the question.
Would you want him doing that on the international stage, when addressing the UN, or during a press conference? We've already had eight years of an inebriated simian who is barely capable of coherent speech, we don't need a senile guy whose mind idles awkwardly for several agonizing seconds while the gears slip trying to figure out what he wants to say.
That's unacceptable.
I saw the ad. It was good. But the ad is missing the second part where the reporter followed McCain's answer with the question: but you voted on a bill that required insurance companies to pay for Viagra but not birth control. That second part of the incident really drove the whole thing home - McCain voted on a bill against women, but when pressed on the issue, his excuse is that he does not know enough about it.
I understand the man is pandering to the religious, anti-choice, anti-contraception, pro-Stepford Wife, high-dollar nut job donor base here, but by doing so he insults the intelligence of the rest of America. Ouch indeed!
Wow.
Talk about desperation from the Obama camp.
Afraid of the whooping you gonna get in November Obama??
For dollor, you think this is not controversial. You must be a man. Viagra is taken by many men across this country who are not "old" as you so state. Now, if you think it is okay to advertise Viagra and have insurance companies pay for this drug but not birth control, I am sure you would not mind paying for the thousands of children across this country who are being raised by single parents, and what would you suggest would be adequate compensation for a woman who works in excess of 2-3 jobs to raise and support a child after a man walks out the door and never looks back. Child support, come on, do you honestly think it contributes to all equally across the land to what is needed to raise a child. Think again. Some amounts are set as low as 25.00 a week. From the single father standpoint, I would venture there are thousands across the land that were denied child support when raising their children while their wives were with other men simply because they were threatened with loss of custody. Come into the real world. You must be sitting in a utopia.
Hmm... how does not supporting birth control equal to not being supportive of women's rights? Last time I checked it takes 2 to make a baby.
And I'm tired of you Dems crying about how everything isn't "fair". It's "unfair" to cover Viagra and not BC. Guess what? Life isn't fair, deal with it. You Dems cry about everyhing. Insurance is a private business. If they don't cover something, too bad.
Libs = Big Crybabies
McCain is well beyond the stage of being able to get it up unless he uses a popsickle stick to prop it upright. C'mon people, the guy doesn't use the internet so I'm sure he's probably never even heard of Viagra before and if he did he forgot. John McCain propably thinks that Viagra is a terrorist orginization and we should probably bomb them before they start hating us for our freedom!
OBAMA 2008!!!
What percentage of us actually has the luxury of choosing our insurance? Most of us have to make do with whatever our employers offer us, thereby rendering the idea of competition within the industry irrelevant to the majority of Americans.
Viagra and Birth Control ARE NOT THE SAME THING!!!
Viagra is used to propagate the species. The other is for pleasure.
Without viagra, some couples would not be able to reproduce. Birth control is not for the good of society. It is for the good of the ndividual. Therefore, it should be available, but not covered!!!
Also, remember when Bill Clintons sexual life came into question, and whether or not Hillary and him were getting it on. Liberals were outraged. But, now, it's OK to discuss!!! Hypocrites!
Clinton Democrats for Cynthia McKinney !!!
Does it occur to anyone that the question is illogical and unfair? The question suggests that men and women are treated differently because insurance carriers will pay for Viagra but not birth control. Actually, insurance carriers won't pay for birth control for men or women. Plans that cover sterilization will pay for either a vasectomy or a tubal ligation. Viagra treats a dysfunction of the male reproductive system that happens to be unique to men and has nothing to do with birth control. I’m no fan of McCain but the question was illogical. If insurance carriers were treating men and women differently for the same physical condition that would be unfair but that is not the case here.
It's about time that ads are being made that feature McSenile in his true fashion. They should make 101 flip-flops in 1 min next.
PUMA, I understand you are angry but look at this objectively. It took him 8 sec. to come up with the answer, "I am not that informed." Plus he's against social security on top of that. I wouldn't hire this guy to mow my lawn.
Obama/Sebilius 2008/2012.
This is not the only question he is trying to avoid. WAKE UP PEOPLE!!
Hit him HARD planned Parenthood!!!!! He's been skating along without opposition for months now.
Hit him FAST, HARD, and OFTEN!!!!!!
And when he's down on the mat, hit him AGAIN...FAST, HARD, and OFTEN!!!!!!
Put the LIAR down for the count!! NEVER allow him to get up. It's the only way sanity can return to the United States of America. Bring PRIDE back to our beloved country!!!
Unfortunate to see McCain taken so off-guard by such a simple question that relates to the needs of a huge percentage of women.
Republicans can go after Obama all they want on his "experience", but that will never change that Obama actually has the ABILITY to answer and address issues like these. McCain just wants to bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran and kill off the rest of the Iranians with cigarettes, and then presumably start sending shipments of viagra to Checkoslovakia. Impressive that he apparently has the ability to travel through time to countries that no longer exist....
And that's what "experience" gets you....
Yeah...it would be great to hear from a slew of you hell-bent PUMA women now. This is an issue that will hit you (or your daughters and grand-daughters) directly in the pocetbook!!! This guy hasn't a clue about women's issues...he hasn't a clue about any issues except WAR AND KILLING!!! Such anger!!!!
Ouch!!! This ad really hurts.....
The Messiah is for infanticide, so it is all good I guess. You libs are as bright as a burnt out light bulb
to G
At least McCain is old enough to remember how to respect people especially women. you don't hear him slandering is grandmother just to make a political point. and I'm sure he is man enough to plunge the toilet and take out the trash. which is all more than we can say for his holiness obama. and if you are one of those people that learned how to shoot a gun then maybe he can ridicule you like he did Hillary calling her Annie Oakley. if women are to move forward it will not be by obama's effort.
Wow! I can count all of the McCan't supporter's comments on this topic on one hand. Truth hurts, doesn't it?
Hey C'mon, We all should give respect to anyone who served in World War I.
I'm voting for the younger guy. Old people don't change. Ask my dad.
Scarlet, the point is that this was an issue that McCain did not care enough to be informed about.
No Mike..Barack is for WOMEN'S RIGHT and the RIGHT FOR US TO CHOOSE WHAT HAPPENS TO OUR BODIES...sounds like a wonderful idea to me!!!
Ok, boys and girls....now settle down.....I am going to ask a question and I want everyone who thinks the answer is YES to raise their hands.....
Does McSenile use Viagra?
Does McSenile get campaign contributions from pharmaceuticals like the ones who peddle Viagra?
Does McSenile have a selective memory?
Does McSenile sometimes remind you of Goldmembers' Fa-Ja?
Does McSenile have selective memory?
Does McSenile stand a chance in hades of ever coming across as a genuine human being?
Thank you for your participation boys and girls.