John McCain actually said...

"Even though we have Members of Congress who want our State boycotted and cost us jobs, we want jobs in Arizona."

"This withdrawal is fueled by an emotional public relations campaign designed by some of the same environmental groups whose longtime mission has been to kill mining and grazing jobs."

"The people of Arizona and the people of this country deserve to have this part of our State be exploited for mining. America needs it."

"Anyone, anyone who says that Bob Stump's insistence that this be multiple-use land as a price for his support for this wilderness bill is mischaracterizing the facts, and shame on them for doing so."