John McCain actually said...

"the performance of the Afghan Government over the past 7 months is not as even or as rapid as we had hoped."

"That argues, then, for a reassessment of the July 2011 commitment to begin a withdrawal."

"Obviously, one of the biggest problems we're facing is corruption."

"How do you ensure that all elements of a local community, subdistrict, district, province feel that they are represented adequately and fairly?"