John McCain is the Republican nominee for President.

Notable Policies

Misstatements

• On July 21, 2008, McCain, in an interview with ABC's Diane Sawyer, said: "I think it's serious. . . . It's a serious situation, but there's a lot of things we need to do. We have a lot of work to do and I'm afraid it's a very hard struggle, particularly given the situation on the Iraq/Pakistan border."
  Iraq and Pakistan do not share a border.
  

Position Changes
A more comprehensive list of McCain 180s can be found in this article from Alternet.org.

• Was against waterboarding suspected terrorists during interrogation, but has since come out in favor of waterboarding.
• Criticized Obama for advocating military strikes in Pakistan without Pakistani government approval, but is now advocating the same.
• Was for Guantanamo detainees having their cases adjudicated, but is now against it.
• Was against indefinite detainment of terrorism suspects, but is now for it.
• Was for diplomacy with Hamas and Syria before he was against it.
• Against expanding GI Bill before he was for it.
• Against a timetable but is now backing the Bush Administration's "time horizon".
• Against the Bush tax cuts because the favored the wealthy. He is now not only for the tax cuts, he wants to extend them.
• Claimed to not know much about economics, but has since denied making this statement.
• Was for the moratorium on offshore drilling, but is now for it.
• Voted against his own immigration reform bill.

Controversies