John McCain
Town Hall Meeting
Pembroke, NH 01/02/08

TRANSCRIPTION
QUESTIONER: Eight years in the White House is a long time and I'm wondering if you have the health and endurance to do eight years because it's very demanding.

JOHN MCCAIN: "If I said that I was running for eight years [laughs] I'm not sure taht would be a vote-getter. I brought my mother who is 95 around with me on the campaign trail and she is a very energetic person. I'm trying to show how good my genes are.

"[...] My health is good. My campaign schedule is heavier than anybody else's. I've said many times, 'I can out-campaign anybody,' and I feel very vigorous. I think the decision as to run for re-election has to do with circumstances at the time. I really do.

"You shouldn't run for eight years because then you think you've got eight years to get these things done. We gotta get these things done immediately. We don't have time to waste. We don't have eight years.

"We don't have eight years to fix Social Security or Medicare. We don't have eight years to secure our borders so that we can stop the flood of illegal immigrants coming into this country. We don't have eight years. We've got to get goin' right away from day one.

"All I can say is I'm runnin' for a four year term."

LABEL: JM NH 1-2 (JC#54) AEFKJ - ClipA

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