Ellen DeGeneres Argues With John McCain Over Gay Marriage

Ellen DeGeneres knows how to hold it down! She brought Republican Presidential nominee John McCain on her talk show, which airs today, to discuss gay marriage. The two don't exactly agree.

I gots the video and the excerpts after the jump. I love Ellen! She throws in a little joke at the end. :) That's how you argue, smoothe out your attacks with some punchlines.

"I just believe in the unique status of marriage between man and woman," McCain said. "And I know that we have a respectful disagreement on that issue."

"We are all the same people, all of us," said DeGeneres, who just celebrated her 50th birthday party. "You're no different than I am. Our love is the same."

McCain responded: "People should be able to enter into legal agreements, and I think that is something we should encourage, particularly in the case of insurance and other areas."

Keeping the senator on the hot seat, DeGeneres replied, "When someone says, 'You can have a contract, and you'll still have insurance and you'll get all that, it sounds to me like saying, 'Well you can sit there; you can't sit there.

"It doesn't feel inclusive… it feels… isolated," she added.

McCain admitted that DeGeneres' argument was "in a very eloquent fashion," and that he "along with many, many others, wish [her] every happiness."

DeGeneres told McCain she was "planning on having a ceremony this summer anyway, even though it wasn't legal.

"Then it just happened that I legally now can get married, like everyone should," DeGeneres said.

"We just have a disagreement," continued McCain.

"So, you'll walk me down the aisle?" DeGeneres joked.

McCain responded: "Touche."