Things John McCain Doesn't Know

1. Health Care:
   
   

   Reporter: “Should U.S. taxpayer money go to places like Africa to fund contraception to prevent AIDS?”
   
   Mr. McCain: “Well I think it’s a combination. The guy I really respect on this is Dr. Coburn. He believes – and I was just reading the thing he wrote– that you should do what you can to encourage abstinence where there is going to be sexual activity. Where that doesn’t succeed, than he thinks that we should employ contraceptives as well. But I agree with him that the first priority is on abstinence. I look to people like Dr. Coburn. I’m not very wise on it.”
   
   (Mr. McCain turns to take a question on Iraq, but a moment later looks back to the reporter who asked him about AIDS.)
   
   Mr. McCain: “I haven’t thought about it. Before I give you an answer, let me think about. Let me think about it a little bit because I never got a question about it before. I don’t know if I would use taxpayers’ money for it.”
   
   Q: “What about grants for sex education in the United States? Should they include instructions about using contraceptives? Or should it be Bush’s policy, which is just abstinence?”
   
   Mr. McCain: (Long pause) “Ahhh. I think I support the president’s policy.”
   
   Q: “So no contraception, no counseling on contraception. Just abstinence. Do you think contraceptives help stop the spread of HIV?”
   
   Mr. McCain: (Long pause) “You’ve stumped me.”

   
   
   
2. Economics:
   
   

   "I'm going to be honest: I know a lot less about economics than I do about military and foreign policy issues. I still need to be educated."

   
   
   
3. How to use a computer:
   
   

   "I am a illiterate that has to rely on my wife for all of the assistance I can get"

   
   
   
4. Who we are fighting in Iraq:
   
   

   Pressed to elaborate, McCain said it was “common knowledge and has been reported in the media that al-Qaeda is going back into Iran and receiving training and are coming back into Iraq from Iran, that’s well known. And it’s unfortunate.” A few moments later, Sen. Joseph Lieberman, standing just behind McCain, stepped forward and whispered in the presidential candidate’s ear. McCain then said: “I’m sorry, the Iranians are training extremists, not al-Qaeda.”