John McCain actually said...

"We have made a great many mistakes in this war. And history will hold us to account for them, just as the voters did last week."

"I don't understand that tactic, General."

"I regret deeply that you seem to think that the status quo and the rate of progress that we are making is acceptable. I think that most Americans do not."

"Basically, you're advocating the status quo here today, which I think the American people, in the last election, said, that is not an acceptable question."