David Gregory Interview With John McCain

John McCain talks about the minute by minute news cycle, which helps leads to a polarized nation, which makes it more difficult to govern.
McCain talks about a little bit of everything, including his thoughts on Sarah Palin's new book.
McCain says we haven't "won" in Afghanistan because we had all of our resources in Iraq. For background on Afghanistan, McCain recommends the book "Ghost Wars." Okay. I'll check it out.
On Iran, McCain says we should apply passive pressure for regime change. I think we should support the Iranian people but only Iranians can change their leadership. And they will. And we can support them as they do.
Modern day communism works for China. Communism works for Cuba. We can co-exist with other nations without them being exactly like us.
McCain paints a pretty picture of the republicans. He makes it sound like they want to negotiate and work with Obama. McCain may want to work with Obama, but most republicans don't.
This interview took place Oct. 1 at the Atlantic's First Draft of History forum. There is a Q&A session at the end with questions coming from the audience:

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