Quote

The role of the vice president is to break ties in the Senate and inquire daily into the health of the president.

John McCain

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

John McCain
Age: 81 †
Born: 1936
Born: August 29
Died: 2018
Died: August 25
Aircraft Pilot
Author
Autobiographer
Fighter Pilot
Naval Officer
Politician
Screenwriter
Statesperson
Television Presenter
John Sidney McCain III
John S. McCain
III
Ties
Vices
Daily
Role
Health
Roles
Inquire
Break
Vice
President
Senate

More quotes by John McCain

Image
There is no moral equivalent between that butcher and thug and KGB colonel Vladimir Putin and the United States of America, the country that Ronald Reagan used to call a shining city on a hill.
John McCain
Image
You know that old Beach Boys song, Bomb Iran? Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran.
John McCain
Image
That's Joe Biden right there - unbowed, unbroken and unable to stop talking.
John McCain
Image
I can't believe a guy that handsome wouldn't have some impact.
John McCain
Image
In California, it's hard to buy all the media, no matter how much money you raise or spend, because it's such a huge state.
John McCain
Image
I am all in favor of pay equity for women, but this kind of legislation, as is typical of what's being proposed by my friends on the other side of the aisle, opens us up to lawsuits for all kinds of problems.
John McCain
Image
I would like to mention that a couple days ago Senator Obama was out in Ohio and he had an encounter with a guy who's a plumber, his name is Joe Wurzelbacher.
John McCain
Image
As you know, there are al Qaeda operatives that are taken back into Iran, given training as leaders, and they’re moving back into Iraq.
John McCain
Image
Katrina did not declare a truce on Iraq.
John McCain
Image
Because the people of New Hampshire take their responsibilities as citizens of the Republic seriously, they keep it interesting for candidates who, believe it or not, can get a little tired of the mannered, predictable, and unimaginative qualities that typically afflict modern political campaigns.
John McCain
Image
We should be I hope finally realizing what Vladimir Putin is. He's an old colonel, KGB, apparatchik, and he dreams of the restoration of the Russian empire.
John McCain
Image
Arizona may be the only state in America where mothers don't tell their children that someday, they can grow up and be president of the United States.
John McCain
Image
I'm ashamed that Congress finds billions for pork-barrel subsidies but fails to find money for veterans' health care.
John McCain
Image
It's impossible to imagine the Democratic Party seeking a pro-life, free-trading, non-protectionist deficit hawk.
John McCain
Image
3 amnesty didn't mean rewarding illegal behavior.
John McCain
Image
My preference would be to remain in the Senate, ... But you can't say I would refuse to serve in one of those (Cabinet) capacities. It's not the same as vice president.
John McCain
Image
My greatest fear is the Iranians acquire a nuclear weapon and give it to a terrorist organization. And there is a real threat of them doing that.
John McCain
Image
I don’t e-mail, I’ve never felt the particular need to e-mail.
John McCain
Image
You hear it every four years, ... Scare the seniors, scare the seniors.
John McCain
Image
I guarantee you, as president of the United States, I know how to heal the wounds of war, I know how to deal with our adversaries, and I know how to deal with our friends.
John McCain