John McCain actually said...

How do you say that competition is the key to reducing these costs and yet cut in half the number of launches?

Facts are stubborn things. You have reduced the competitive launches by half, down to three, and that is just the reality of it.

You're cutting in half the number of launches that are subject to competition, Madam Secretary. Why would you want to do that?

What people like me need to do is make sure that the innovations that our depots show routinely, the workforce we have there, feels valued, ...