John McCain actually said...

"Sequestration, however, would subject DOD to roughly another $500 billion in cuts across all accounts and would hollow out the force, driving unacceptable risk to national defense."

"Secretary Panetta, how well the JSF program does under its contract for the fourth block of low-rate initial production (LRIP-4) aircraft by the end of the year was supposed to indicate how much the p..."

"What are the potential operational implications of these early retirements?"

"Unfortunately, this defense budget continues the administration's habit of putting short-term political considerations over our long-term national security interests."