John McCain actually said...

"If we offered assurances on missile defense, why didn't we demand similar assurances on tactical nuclear weapons?"

"Our so-called tactical nuclear weapons in Europe provide a strategic deterrent to Russia's tactical nuclear weapons that are a strategic threat to NATO."

"We need to be confident that any future reductions in our nuclear stockpile will be accompanied by a serious long-term commitment to modernizing our nuclear stockpile so we can have confidence in its ..."

"We need to be confident that the treaty in no way limits the administration's ability and willingness to deploy missile defense capabilities, regardless of the statements made by the Russian governmen..."