John McCain actually said...

"To defeat al Qaeda and prevent its return, we should continue to aggressively pursue our worldwide counterterrorism strategy."

"I believe significant advances in Afghanistan have been made due to the surge of forces."

"In the National Defense Authorization Bill for Fiscal Year 2012, which this committee recently reported out, section 861 would enable contracting authorities at DOD to void a contract, or restrict the..."

"In a world that is more complex and threatening as I have ever seen, we cannot allow arbitrary budget arithmetic to drive our defense strategy and spending."