Voters' Guide for 2008 Elections

Graduating from the Naval Academy, John McCain began his service to his country as a naval aviator and spent over five years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam. After serving in the House of Representatives, he was elected to the U.S.Senate in 1986, where he currently serves.

I believe that strengthening our energy security goes hand-in-hand with addressing global climate change. I favor a market-based, cap and trade system to achieve appropriate limits on greenhouse gas emissions efficiently and effectively. Under that system. every firm will have clear rewards to diversifying our energy mix.

Two generations of Americans have fought wars in Iraq; we cannot condemn a third to the same fate by letting that country become a failed state in which we must again intervene. Anchoring Iraq in in a stable, prosperous region must be the purpose of American strategy in the Middle East.

The problem with American health care is not one of quality, but one of cost. I have proposed a health care plan that addresses the escalating cost of health care to ensure more American families can afford access to the finest health care system in the world.

There will always be money in politics; but I firmly believe we need to have a balance that prevents special interests from using their combined billions of dollars to buy influence in a way that undermines the ability of representatives to fairly represent the interests of all their constituents.

If we have learned anything from the recent immigration debate, it is that Americans have lost trust that their government will take the measures necessary to secure our borders. As president, I will secure our nation's borders our nation's borders before addressing any of our additional pressing immigration concerns.