I think the administration is making a terrible mistake in opposing John McCain's amendment on detainees and torture,

I can-with my plan-these are Social Security Administration numbers, they ran my numbers-get us to full solvency within 75 years and beyond for less than the $3.7 trillion debt that we're already in.

John's a realist. John counts pretty well ... John's a very effective leader and politician, and mathematically you just can't get there.

I don't think it's a big deal, and here's why. I think what's going to be the most important, and what our focus should be on, is the end product.

deserves some consideration, and I think that should have been done right from the beginning.

We're isolating ourselves in the world ... And I think that the leadership of the Pentagon has done that in many ways to us, ... This issue of a secretary of defense not personally signing these letters is just astounding.