Fox News' "Fox and Friends"

Sen. John McCain, on Clinton's performance on "The O'Reilly Factor": "I think she handled herself well. Obviously I disagree with some of her views."

On the state of the GOP brand: "I'm frankly pleased with where we are at this particular point in the campaign...The party isn't doing nearly as well as we hope to. And one of my jobs is to energize our party."

On Wright: "I think we all face challenges when we're in political campaigns. I think [Obama] has to address the issue with the American people...He said it's a valid political issue, and I'm sure he will do that....I've said that I don't think he shares Rev. Wright's views."

On NC GOP Party's anti-Obama ad: "I wish they wouldn't [run the ad]. But I'm not going to referee...I notice that ads are going to be run against me that totally mis-characterize the statement about how long we're going to be in Iraq."

"It's interesting the way the Democratic National Committee and others are totally falsifying my statement [on Iraq]. But, look, we're going to get our message out. ... I rely to a large degree on the good sense of the American people to reject that kind of campaigning."

Video here.

Fred Barnes and Mort Kondracke discussed Hillary's performance on "O'Reilly."

Barnes: "You know what this is on Hillary Clinton's part? It's smart. There's a huge audience out there of people who are going to vote in the Democratic primaries ... This is a great way to reach them."

Kondracke: "Well it's all about demographics. Bill O'Reilly's demographics are her demographics ... Reagan Democrats. And she wants to get right to them. The Democratic Party has been stupid this entire political campaign year by refusing to debate on Fox, for example. And they're missing that entire audience. She was smart enough to pick it up with Bill O'Reilly and he's the right guy to do it with. The best ratings on cable."

MSNBC's "Morning Joe"

Sen. John McCain, on the Democratic edge in national polls: "It's disturbing to me of course...We have to energize our party. We have got to commit to our base that we are going to stop this out-of-control spending."

On the question of McCain's edge on "values": "I think it's straight talk. I think it sometimes hurts you when you go to Iowa and tell them you're against ethanol subsidies, but you got to tell them the truth. ... You have to tell [voters] what they want to hear and what they don't want to hear."

On the suspension of the gas tax: "It's just to give Americans a little relief... The lowest income Americans drive the furthest, and probably spend more on gasoline because of the age of their automobiles. Why don't we give them just a little break for the summer?"

On being connected to an unpopular president: "As you know, I objected strenuously to the way the war in Iraq was being conducted. I believe climate change has got to be addressed meaningfully. There's a number of issues. But I really believe that at the end of the day the American people are going to judge me on what they think I will be as president of the United States. Not on anyone else. ... It's going to be the quality of the campaign; it's going to be the vision of America."

"I would say when you look at the president's low approval ratings, look at congressional low approval ratings. I mean, you're down to blood relatives and paid staffers."

On Katrina recovery and relief efforts: "It's pretty clear that it was so badly mishandled when, frankly, people were watching television who were federally tasked to carry out these responsibilities to figure out what was going on. It'll never happen again."

On the Democratic race: "I can't make a judgment. I just have to go on with our campaign. ... Anybody who thinks that fundamentally Americans do not have hope and optimism about their future I don't think understands America."

On the war and drain on the economy: "The consequences of failure I think obviously will be incredibly more expensive. There's ups and downs. Right now there's a key battle going on in Sadr City, as you know. The Maliki governement has taken charge of Basra ... It's tough and it's long and it's hard and we're paying a very heavy price for years of mismanagement of this conflict. But I am confidant that we are succeeding. But it's tragic and it's sad the sacrifice we're making, particularly in this last month. And all of us, all of us, grieve for the families."

NBC's "The Today Show"

Sen. Barack Obama appeared with his wife Michelle in an attempt to move past the Rev. Wright controversy that has dogged the campaign this week.

Obama: "When those first snippets came out I thought it was important to give him the benefit of the doubt...If I had wanted to be politically expedient, I would have distanced myself and denounced him right away...it obviously wasn't an easy thing to do."

When asked whether she felt Wright had betrayed her husband, Michelle deflected the question and insisted, "we got to move forward."

Video here.

(Greg Bobrinskoy contributed to the Morning Update.)