John McCain actually said...

"business-as-usual would not be acceptable when it came to the audit readiness effort."

"Sound financial systems and good data are critical to our efforts to provide efficient management, save money, and ensure accountability at DOD."

"That is not fair to the American people to hold out and say, we won't agree to raising the debt limit until we pass a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. It's unfair. It's bizarro."

"The American people didn't want their taxes raised, and they wanted us to cut spending. They don't want compromise."