John McCain actually said...

"Hopefully we will bring this issue to a conclusion, which means that these men and women who are suffering today on a daily basis are able to be freed of both the bondage in which they are existing an..."

"I think that such statements are not only insulting to our commitment, but also just show how deeply the Iranian influence has permeated the--Baghdad--the capital of Iraq and its leadership, unfortuna..."

"We have been trying for years to get the State Department to react... to try to get this issue resolved and these people, who are now in greater and greater danger, what we promised them."

"My personal belief is that the longest road to victory here is purely an air campaign."