John McCain actually said...

"I want to tell you for sure that until we get that independent assessment there should be no concrete plans made by the Secretary of Defense or DOD until we have a chance to examine an independent ass..."

"I will seek to act on amendments on the floor to try to prevent this kind of waste of the taxpayers' dollars."

"I don't believe it's the job of the Navy to be involved in building and involved in new technologies."

"I think that the violence has continued to increase. It wasn't a tremendous jump this year, but those are unacceptable numbers."