John McCain actually said...

"do you have a sense of how much the taxpayer might save by buying these tankers under full-and-open competition?"

"Congressional authorities are key to successfully sizing and shaping our force."

"what lessons-learned from previous efforts to award a tanker contract did the Air Force leverage to structure and conduct a competition here to withstand a high-profile bid protest?"

"General, I hope you are prepared to give us a little straight talk on what we can do, if necessary, to prevent the massacre that is taking place as we speak."