McCain won't give up on immigration; other GOP candidates say good riddance

By: Mark Memmott and Jill Lawrence

McCain won't give up on immigration; other GOP candidates say good riddance
The Senate has turned the page on immigration, but it's unclear whether Arizona Sen. John McCain can do the same in his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.

McCain is a co-author of the defeated bill, which would have given millions of illegal immigrants a way to earn citizenship as well as strengthened border enforcement.

(Update at 4:15 p.m. ET: McCain issued a statement saying he is disappointed and making clear he is not giving up his fight. "The American people will not settle for the status quo –- de facto amnesty and broken borders," he said. "I am hopeful that we will have another chance to address this critical national security issue that affects people throughout our country. In the meantime, we must keep working to secure our borders while we continue fighting to reform our unenforceable immigration laws.")