John McCain actually said...

"I believe that you are working very hard, and I also appreciate your efforts to improve our communication and relations with Members of Congress, including the Veterans' Affairs Committee."

"I believe that Goldwater-Nichols could never have come from within the Pentagon."

"I appreciate the comments about the hearts and minds, but first you have got to kill them."

"Well, I just would finally make a comment, and that is that being a student of World War II, they did not have any of all this stuff."