John McCain actually said...

"Last week, we heard testimony that border security cannot be achieved in isolation from our immigration system of laws and that hundreds of thousands of people will continue to risk their lives to ill..."

"I think the security of our citizens is our first and foremost obligation."

"They are absolutely, totally, factually correct. They are there, and everybody knows they are there."

"The existing system of judging border security by the number of apprehensions 'does not cut it.'"