I don't know a politician who enjoys fundraising. The system is such that the American people have lost faith.

It's the only way that I see that it can be done," McCain said. "Obviously, it has failed in the past, but I also notice there is a somewhat changed attitude on the part of the American people about this issue.

Being chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee is like being a mosquito in a nudist colony.

There's one big difference between me and the others - I won't take every last dime of the surplus and spend it on tax cuts that mostly benefit the wealthy. I'll use the bulk of the surplus to secure Social Security far into the future to keep our promise to the greatest generation.

The way you have bipartisan negotiations, you sit down across the table, as we did with Ted Kennedy, as I've done with many other members, and you say, 'OK, here's what I want, here's what you want. We'll adhere to your principles, but we'll make concessions.'

The smartest person in the United States Senate, and he knows it, is John Sununu. Thank God he had his mother's temperament.

It's not social issues I care about.