Unfortunately I got knocked off today's conference call because my phone crapped out. Amazing isn't it? ;)

Needless to say I was able to get a good portion of the call. Once other bloggers post about it, I will link to some of them as well.

Here's some highlights.

Senator McCain wanted to highlight his speech from this morning regarding what he wants America to look like after his first term in office.

McCain believes that we will have won the war in Iraq. The Iraqi government as well as the military will be in total control of their country.

The American troop presence will be smaller but not gone.

Senator McCain would love to debate either Senator Obama or Senator Clinton on how we are doing in Iraq. McCain believes that the facts on the ground will make it easy for him to win that debate when it comes.

On the recent developments in Lebanon, McCain said it now looks like a proxy war between Iran and the US, who are each backing sides. He went on to say that Obama's willingness to unconditionally sit down and talk with the Iranian leader Ahmadinejad shows "the highest naivety" and further proves that he does not have the knowledge, experience, or background to be in charge of our national security.

McCain also questioned just exactly what Obama wants to talk about with Iran?

When asked what it would take for him to have a sit down with Iran, McCain listed 4 preconditions.

• Iran needs to denounce it's call for the destruction of Israel

• Iran needs to halt it's development of Nuclear weapons

• Stop exporting weapons and terrorist support into IraQ

• Iran must stop the exporting of state sponsored terrorism

Senator McCain was asked about Obama's changing positions on things like free trade. McCain pointed out that he has seen Obama say one thing in front of a crowd in one state, then go to another and say the opposite while in another.

On Newt Gingrich, Senator McCain said that he would like to sit down and talk with Newt. He said that Newt " has some of the best ideas of anyone in this country."

On the energy crisis, Senator McCain feels that Nuclear power has to be a component in the future.

One questioner asked if by highlighting 2013, does that mean McCain would be giving an "exit timeline date." McCain responded that 2013 was not setting a date of any sort. That's where my phone bit the dust.. ;)

UPDATE: You can find a good writeup on the call here.