John McCain actually said...

"It is clear that, without American participation and leadership, there is no strategy to take Raqqa."

"For you to sit there, General, and say that we'd have to take out Syrian air defenses is either a stunning display of ignorance."

"A safe zone could have prevented the millions of refugees and the horrible consequences of at least a quarter of a million people barrel-bombed."

"Unless and until the United States leads a coalition effort to put far greater battlefield pressure on Assad, a political solution will never be within reach."