John McCain actually said...

I would remind you, I guess it was a year ago last March, you and Secretary Panetta said the fall of Bashar al Assad is inevitable.

This is an issue which has now taken on proportions which are becoming more and more a possible threat to stability in the entire region.

I promise you, you can count on the cooperation and assistance and support of these two old geezers, so thank you.

If Assad fell and left the country, a pillar of the American policy for now well over 2 years, would we have to put troops on the ground to ...