John McCain actually said...

"wouldn't quickly cutting U.S. troop levels below 68,000 make it harder to clear and hold insurgent havens?"

"General Dempsey, how do you envision achieving these cuts using the manpower management tools available to shape the force with incentives and early retirements?"

"Secretary Mabus, as you know, the LCS combat capability comes from the integration of three interchangeable types of mission modules into the seaframes--not the seaframes by themselves."

"Yet, here too, domestic politics are taking priority over national security, with the President saying he would veto an effort by Congress to eliminate sequestration that does not include raising taxe..."