Ron Paul not planning to campaign for McCain.

• Partial Transcript of CNN:


ROBERTS: Any time you are ever asked whether or not you would launch an independent candidacy for the president, you said, without fail, I’m a Republican, I’m a member of the Republican party. As a member of the Republican party, do you have any interest in campaigning for John McCain?

PAUL: Probably not. Not unless he changes his tune. Like bring the troops home. He’s the greatest proponent of the war.


ROBERTS: How can you be a Republican if you don’t campaign for the Republican candidate? Particularly when you have an amazing well of support out there?


PAUL: Maybe you are a good Republican if you stand up for Republican principles. I would argue that leadership in the last few years has drifted from the Republican principles. More bureaucracy, more regulations, more entitlements, policing the world, but that is not what we stand for. I would say that our position is very much in tune with being a good Republican.