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Link only, per FR copyright and excerpt policyRead last three paragraphs.* McCain says he will not support the upcoming immigration bills unless they include temporary guest worker programs and border security. * McCain also admits that the Government has "failed to secure our borders."

Who's poised to lead the Republican party out of the woods? John McCain seems convinced that one GOP notable is not the person for the job, someone he's quite familiar with - his former running mate. On Monday's "Tonight Show," Jay Leno asked the Arizona Senator to name the new guiding lights of the Republican party, and McCain was quick to rattle off a list of "young, dynamic" governors around the country. Palin wasn't one of them. McCain singled out Lousisana Gov. Bobby Jindal, Florida Gov. Charlie Christ, Minnesota's Tim Pawlenty, and Mitt Romney, McCain's chief rival for the Republican...

I should have written in Palin's name for President.

The presidential election is coming to the small screen. HBO will make a film based on the landmark 2008 election, featuring larger-than-life political characters like Sarah Palin, John McCain and President Barack Obama, the network announced this week. The film will be based on the book "Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime," by Time magazine editor-at-large Mark Halperin and New York magazine political correspondent John Heilemann.

(CNN) — Did John McCain snub Sarah Palin during an appearance Mcnday on NBC's The Tonight Show? That's what some pro-Palin bloggers and other political observers claim after the former GOP presidential candidate left out his former running mate when naming five governors who he thought were in position to lead the Republican Party. "We have, I'm happy to say, a lot of voices out there," McCain told host Jay Leno before listing Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Utah Gov. Jim Huntsman, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, and Florida Gov. Charlie Crist. "There are a lot of...

It may sound incongruous, but for her generation it's not terribly uncommon. Recently, I seemed to have rocked a few individuals within my party by saying that I am a pro-life, pro-gay-marriage Republican. So if anyone is still confused, let me spell it out for you. I believe life begins at conception and I believe that people who fall in love should have the option to get married.

Meghan McCain, daughter of former presidential hopeful John McCain, said she supports gay marriage and lashed out against anti-gay Republicans in her blog on The Daily Beast today. "People may always have a difference of opinion on certain lifestyles, but championing a position that wants to treat people unequally isn't just un-Republican. At its fundamental core, it's un-American," she wrote. The mini maverick declared her support for same-sex marriage and urged more Republicans to embrace the gay and lesbian community -- a move she thinks is "vital to the future success of the party." "Sometimes, gay Republicans are regarded in...

This week, I will be speaking at the Log Cabin Republicans' national convention in support of the gay community and its role in the future of the Republican Party. Of all the causes I believe in and speak publicly about, this is one of the ones closest to my heart. The Log Cabin Republicans’ mission "is to work within the Republican Party to advocate equal rights for all Americans, including gays and lesbians." The group is centered on core Republican values, such as limited government, individual liberty and responsibility, an economy based in free markets, and a strong national defense....

Self-styled "progressive Republican" Meghan McCain has landed a book deal after blasting Ann Coulter as a bad representative for Republican women and engaging in a spat with Laura Ingraham through her columns for the Daily Beast...In a recent interview with Politico, the aspiring writer said, "All I am trying to be is a young, cool Republican woman for other Republican women." However, Miss McCain is relatively new to the Republican Party herself, having registered as a Republican during the 2008 election campaign on Father's Day as a gift to her Republican father, then-presidential candidate John McCain. Before that, she proudly...

Thursday morning the New York Times ran a front-page story announcing that the Obama administration would begin working on comprehensive immigration reform this year. By Thursday afternoon hundreds of Houston business leaders received e-mails urging them to join the effort — by bringing their checkbooks to a May 4 fundraiser here for Sen. John McCain. The pitch ought to work. The Houston business establishment, led by the Greater Houston Partnership, is firmly on record for comprehensive immigration reform. The Houston economy is heavily dependent on immigrant labor, legal and illegal.

Meghan McCain on why supporting gay marriage is fundamentally in line with Republican values, and what the GOP stands to gain by doing so. This week, I will be speaking at the Log Cabin Republicans' national convention in support of the gay community and its role in the future of the Republican Party. Of all the causes I believe in and speak publicly about, this is one of the ones closest to my heart. The Log Cabin Republicans’ mission "is to work within the Republican Party to advocate equal rights for all Americans, including gays and lesbians." The group is...

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Turns out that a McCain did emerge from the 2008 election victorious — not the captivity-surviving, straight-talking, Palin-picking Republican senator from Arizona but his Bud Light-drinking, talk-show-appearing, insouciantly Twittering 24-year-old daughter. “My cab driver is totally vibing me out,” Meghan McCain Twittered to her online devotees Thursday evening. “Just asked me if my cheekbones are real? Wtf, u can have fake cheekbones???” Yep, that’s the one. While John McCain has gone back to being the senior senator from Arizona, Meghan — Columbia grad, former "Saturday Night Live" and Newsweek intern — has crashed the Republican Party like a slightly tipsy...

TOKYO (AFP) — US Senator John McCain Friday backed a call by President Barack Obama, his former rival for the White House, for a planet free of nuclear weapons and this should start with North Korea and Iran. The Republican senator from Arizona was speaking in Japan on the last leg of an Asia tour, after Tokyo was angered by Pyongyang firing a rocket over its territory Sunday. "Concerning President Obama's commitment to the removal of nuclear weapons from the Earth, I certainly support that ambitious goal," McCain told a Tokyo press conference.

Meghan McCain, blogger and daughter of Senator John McCain, has scored a book deal. Ms. McCain’s book will tackle “what it means to be a progressive Republican in the party today,” according to a release from Hyperion, the Disney-owned publishing group that signed the 24-year old. The book, scheduled to be released in spring 2010, will use “an appealing and light-hearted voice” to delve into how the Republican Party can improve its use of technology and attract younger voters, topics Ms. McCain has already examined in her blog on The Daily Beast.

MARTIN: She doesn't hold her tongue. And why should see? She's a McCain. Joining us now is Meghan McCain, daughter of Senator John McCain, and a contributor to TheDailyBeast.com. Now, Meghan, look, a lot of your conservative critics are saying you're a pawn for the left, that liberals are using you to criticize the GOP. What is your response when you hear things like that? MEGHAN MCCAIN, CONTRIBUTOR, THEDAILYBEAST.COM: I think they feel threatened by a new generation of Republican, because I think it's a really thing to say, instead of actually admitting that some of our ideas could possibly...

TOKYO (AFP) — US Senator John McCain has met with Japanese government leaders and lawmakers to discuss a wide range of energy and security issues including North Korea, officials said. The Republican senator from Arizona and rival of President Barack Obama during the 2008 elections met with Prime Minister Taro Aso and Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone late Thursday, officials said. In the closed-door talks they discussed issues including North Korea's rocket launch last weekend and climate change, the foreign ministry said without giving further details.

John McCain's 24-year-old daughter Meghan has a book deal! Sources say Hyperion has prevailed over at least three other publishers in an auction that began earlier this week, following a round of meetings during which the in-your-face young conservative and the literary agent she shares with her father, Sterling Lord Literistic president Flip Brophy, discussed a number of possible approaches to the book with editors around town. Several sources said the advance Ms. McCain will receive from Hyperion, which is owned by the Disney Company, is in the high six figures.

SAN JOSE—In yet another sign of his pivoting toward the general election, Senator John McCain said at a roundtable with business leaders here today that comprehensive immigration reform should be a top priority for the next president. . . . . . He found a friendly audience, however, here today at a business roundtable held at a Silicon Valley technology firm that included Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of California, Meg Whitman, the former chief executive officer of eBay who was a leading supporter of Mitt Romney’s but has since begun raising money for Mr. McCain, and a host of executives from...