John McCain actually said...

wouldn't quickly cutting U.S. troop levels below 68,000 make it harder to clear and hold insurgent havens?

The administration's approach thus far has been too defined by short-term domestic political considerations. The administration has not led.

I do not fully endorse this budget request. Indeed, I am seriously concerned about how we arrived at this point.

Yet, here too, domestic politics are taking priority over national security, with the President saying he would veto an effort by Congress t...