While listening to John McCain’s speech to CPAC, I couldn’t help but notice how many times he used the word “intend”. The word “intend”, seems very soft, and leads me to believe that he chose this word as a potential way out of keeping his promises and obligations to our country.

• I intended no personal insult to any of you
• I am not in the habit of making promises to my country that I do not intend to keep
• Then vote for or against me based on that record, my qualifications for the office, and the direction where I plainly state I intend to lead our country
• I intend to fight as hard as I can to ensure that our principles prevail over theirs
• Senator Clinton and Senator Obama want to increase the size of the federal government. I intend to reduce it
• I will not permit any expansion whatsoever of the entitlement programs that are bankrupting us. On the contrary, I intend to reform those programs so that government is no longer in that habit of making promises to Americans it does not have the means to keep.
• Senator Clinton and Senator Obama will raise your taxes. I intend to cut them.
• They will offer a big government solution to health care insurance coverage. I intend to address the problem with free market solutions and with respect for the freedom of individuals to make important choices for themselves.
• I intend to nominate judges who have proven themselves worthy of our trust that they take as their sole responsibility the enforcement of laws made by the people’s elected representatives
• I intend to win the war
• I intend to make unmistakably clear to Iran we will not permit a government that espouses the destruction of the State of Israel as its fondest wish and pledges undying enmity to the United States to possess the weapons to advance their malevolent ambitions.
• Senator Clinton and Senator Obama will concede to our critics that our own actions to defend against its threats are responsible for fomenting the terrible evil of radical Islamic extremism, and their resolve to combat it will be as flawed as their judgment. I intend to defeat that threat by staying on offense and by marshaling every relevant agency of our government, and our allies, in the urgent necessity of defending the values, virtues and security of free people against those who despise all that is good about us.
• I intend to contest these issues on conservative grounds and fight as hard as I can to defend the principles and positions we share, and to keep this country safe, proud, prosperous and free.

References
http://www.politicswest.com/2008_election/19362/transcript_john_mccains_cpac_speech

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