John McCain actually said...

"Just to put things in perspective on the F-35 again, we started the program in 2001. The cost estimates for 2,456 aircraft were going to be $238 billion."

"Using defense dollars to subsidize new energy technologies is not the Navy's responsibility, nor is it sufficiently related to the Service's core mission to justify such expenditures."

"I want to tell you for sure that until we get that independent assessment there should be no concrete plans made by the Secretary of Defense or DOD until we have a chance to examine an independent ass..."

"Cuts to our naval capabilities without a plan to compensate for them puts our goals in the Asia-Pacific region at greater risk."