John McCain actually said...

"So moved."

"These efforts have made it possible for DOD to absorb lower projected growth in the defense budget without, as Chairman McKeon warned last month, 'leav[ing] our military less capable and less able to ..."

"I think it is also obvious that the Iraqi military does not have a lot of the technological capability that they need to combat this kind of insurgency that is still out there."

"This so-called 'cut' is to the rate of predicted growth. The size of the base defense budget is still projected to increase in real, inflation-adjusted dollars."