The next subject raised questions as well.  The questioner gave an impassioned speech in defense of the unborn and how the next president must be one to fight for the rights of the unborn by overturning Roe v. Wade, fighting embryonic stem cell research and human cloning.  He then asked directly if Senator McCain will be the champion of these issues, which the Senator's immediate response was "Yes, I will."  This is again problematic, since back in October during the only presidential debate held in Michigan, Senator McCain said that was in favor of embryonic stem cell research.  So, either he missed that part of the question or his position has migrated to the correct one.

Other issues were discussed as well.  He covered questions on energy policy and health care.  Senator McCain gave his appraisal of the success of the troop surge (that Obama said was doomed to failure) and what was needed to be done to handle Iran. He also had to deal with a questioner who at the end of here statement belittled Senator McCain's comment of "I know how to win a war" by saying to him "We didn't win the Vietnam War."   Well, that was a war he had a hard time leading, since he was kinda held up at the time.

I came away with more questions than when I walked in, which is typical when I see Senator McCain in action.  But, I do come to the conclusion that I agree with him 70-80% of the time.  I normally align myself with candidates that I agree with 95% - 100%.  So, this becomes new territory for me.  I do give him credit that is takes guts and courage to enter a room of people whom you don't know and know very little about and then just give them the answers that you have, rather than what they want to hear.  And, in today's state of politics and government, that is a bit refreshing.

One last note:  One of the guests present for the event was Scott Romney, Govenor Mitt Romney's brother.  Let the VP speculation continue.