Sen. John McCain was on Ellen DeGeneres’ show today and she brought one of the subjects he least wants to talk about: gay marriage.

Ellen started by saying that she wanted to address “the elephant in the room.” McCain would have preferred Mitt Romney in costume.

McCain does not believe in gay marriage. He told the openly gay talk show host, who plans to wed her fiancee following the California Supreme Court’s ruling: “I just believe in the unique status of marriage between man and woman. And I know that we have a respectful disagreement on that issue.”

Ellen DeGeneres responded to John McCain in typically strong fashion.

“I think that it is looked at, and some people are saying the same, the way blacks and women did not have the right to vote. Women just got the right to vote in 1920. Blacks didn’t have the right to vote ’til 1870,” she said. “It just feels like there’s this old way of thinking that we are not all the same. We are all the same people. All of us. You’re no different than I am. Our love is the same.”

Amen to that, Ellen.

The host went on to say: “It sounds to me like saying, ‘well you can sit there, you just can’t sit over there.’ That’s what it sounds like to me. It doesn’t feel inclusive. It feels isolated. It feels like we aren’t owed the same things and the same wording.”

John McCain’s response: “I’ve heard you articulate that position in a very eloquent fashion. We just have a disagreement and I, along with many, many others, wish you every happiness.”

Ellen DeGeneres finished with a joke:

“Thank you. So you’ll walk me down the aisle? Is that what you said?”

In closing, the Republican nominee doesn’t believe in gay marriage and, well, we don’t believe he’s the right person to lead America. So we can agree to disagree on that and pretty much call it a day.