Mike_Rosen's Blog

Speaking at USAA in San Antonio McCain promised to veto any bill that comes to his desk as president that contains an earmark.  "You will know their names," he says of the bill authors.

McCain says he blames the GOP's 2006 loss of control of Congress on out of control spending, not the war in Iraq.

Wants to expand ability to treat military who are victims of IED's.  Says how we treat vets today impacts number of men and women are willing to serve later.

Continues to make the war in Iraq the centerpiece of his campaign, calling radical Islamic extremists a threat to everything we stand for and believe in.  Says he are succeeding in Iraq.  That when Clinton and Obama said the surge is not working they are wrong.  McCain says troops should be brought home with honor (not surrender).