U.S. Republican presidential hopeful John McCain told CNN Friday if Osama bin Laden is caught he would consider a Nuremberg-like trial for the al-Qaida leader.

We have various options, McCain said in an interview with CNN. The Nuremberg Trials are certainly an example of the kind of tribunal that we could move forward with. I don't think we'd have any difficulty in devising an international -- internationally supported mechanism that would mete out justice.

McCain repeated his charge that likely Democratic nominee Barack Obama would rather lose a war in order to win a political campaign. He said he doesn't question Obama's patriotism.

I'm sure that he's a very patriotic American, McCain said from Denver prior to his meeting with the Dalai Lama. I question his judgment because he lacks experience and knowledge, and I questioned his judgment.

McCain repeated his criticism of Obama's proposal to pull U.S. troops out of Iraq during a 16-month period, but he said the United States will withdraw.

We have succeeded, he said. The surge has succeeded, and we're on the road to victory. And we will be out of there and may have a residual presence of some kind.

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