I think the record speaks for itself. These are two individuals who have been for the war when the headlines were good and against it when their poll ratings were bad.

The biggest threat we face is the possibility of terrorist groups like al Qaeda equipped with weapons of mass destruction, with nukes, bugs or gas. That was the threat after 9/11 and when we took down Saddam Hussein we eliminated Iraq as a potential source of that.

Except for the occasional heart attack, I never felt better.

I don't pay a lot of attention, frankly, to what Barack Obama says.

Senator Kerry says he sees two Americas. It makes the whole thing mutual - America sees two John Kerrys.

I think that freedom means freedom for everyone. As many of you know, one of my daughters is gay and it is something we have lived with for a long time in our family. I think people ought to be free to enter into any kind of union they wish. Any kind of arrangement they wish.

As a former secretary of defense, I think Donald Rumsfeld is the best secretary of defense the United States has ever had.