I was listening to a podcast of this compelling episode of This American Life. Act III interviews Charlie Savage, who in turn interviewed McCain, Clinton, and Obama about various aspects of executive power. According to Charlie, Sen. McCain said he would not issue signing statements; he would just sign or veto bills (no mention of the pocket veto). I thought that was an interesting approach, and I wonder if a President McCain would stick with it.
By the way, though This American Life is my favorite radio show, there were a couple of errors on this episode, including referring to Senator Schumer in the opening of the show as “Congressman Schumer.”
UPDATE: A number of people have written to say that it s not a breach of protocol to refer to a member of Congress as a “Congressman” or “Congresswoman.” That may well be, but it strikes me as an extremely rare use of the term these days.