McCain says he enjoyed Palin memoir

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Saturday said he enjoyed reading his former running mate Sarah Palin's memoir and downplayed the tension between their respective camps.

But in an interview with the AP, McCain compared the tension of a presidential campaign to combat in an interview at the Halifax International Security Forum in Canda.

In Going Rogue, Palin (R) confirms the divisions between her and McCain's aides. The former Alaska governor and McCain were the vice presidential and presidential nominees in 2008.

Among her complaints, Palin says that she wanted to deliver her own concession speech on election night, but was turned down. Palin also says she was kept "bottled up" from reporters during the campaign.

Tension between McCain aides and Palin has continued after the campaign. Former top McCain aide Steve Schmidt said last month it would be "catastrophic" for the GOP to nominate Palin for president in 2012. Schmidt said last week that Palin's description of him in her book was a "fabrication" and "total fiction."