John McCain - Obama Presidency Oral History John McCain Index / People Transcript Bill McKibben ...about the general election in 2008. Senator McCain and Senator Obama both said tha... Bob Kocher ...the presidential candidates. We briefed John McCain , John Edwards, Hillary Clinton, an... ...reform the US healthcare system, with John McCain 's approach being as ambitious a... Carol Browner ...Yes. Oh, and I also had meetings with John McCain , because we had thought John McCain... ...John McCain, because we had thought John McCain , who had been—part of the reaso... Heather Zichal ...like, Oh, my god, this is horrible. But [John] McCain had made fun of the Obama campaign fo... Kathleen Sebelius ...And Janet would say, “And I know about John McCain .” So we had a little tag team that w... Max Baucus ...of that campaign—Hillary, Obama, [John S.] McCain [III]—totally, totally. It didn't mak... Nancy Nielsen ...going to speak personally here. I knew John McCain . I did not know Barack Obama. An... ...him prior to the election. I had met John McCain . May I ask when the first time yo... ...to answer. How did you get to know Senator McCain ? Well, actually, it was interesting... Nancy Sutley ...of discussions. There were proposals. Senator McCain , Senator Lieberman had a bill in 2008... ...was elected president—frankly, if John McCain had been elected, given that he ha... Neera Tanden ...Republicans who were very close to [John S.] McCain [III]. They were communicating the... Tom Harkin ...Now, A-4, that's the same plane that John McCain flew, for example. A lot of Navy pilot... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Healthcare Healthcare go to the Climate, Environment, and Energy Climate, Environment, and Energy Native America Coming soon Africa Coming soon Education Coming soon