John McCain actually said...

"Can you assure the committee that the administration does not see a protracted stalemate and conflict in Syria as somehow a good thing or a goal of U.S."

"If we reject this resolution, does it not send a serious... bad message to our friends and allies alike, encourages our enemies, and would dispirit our friends."

"What is the strategy for actually stopping this?"

"The key selling point that must be told the American people over and over is no American boots on the ground."