John McCain actually said...

"Sequestration would significantly reduce the Navy's ability to fully implement the defense strategy and damage national security."

"How would the execution of U.S. contingency plans be affected at various stages of a conflict by battle losses of CLF ships?"

"Will the TAO(X)s be equipped with a quantity of ship self-defense systems closer to that of the AOEs and AORs?"

"do you anticipate that our current approach to sustaining underway forces will need to change in a highly contested environment?"