If you think I would have gone to war the way George Bush did, don't vote for me.

Jesus did not help just the sick who could afford to pay for it.

I think, all in all, the Obama administration and what President Obama has focused on has lived up to our need to protect American interests, to live our values and assert our values, and to stand up for future generations.

If Russia is there [in Syria] alone fighting them [ISIL], guess what? Russia becomes the target and Russia starts seeing - who knows - MANPADs will find their way in there, airplanes will fall out of the sky. They will become vilified. They'll become the new magnet, together with Assad, for the jihadis.

As the saying goes, I have big heels to fill.

That is what Americans do. We face a challenge - no matter how great - because we know that on the other side there is always hope.

Bush-McCain stategy in Iraq is policy to stay, not to win.