John McCain actually said...

"Well, my message to my Senate colleagues is that we have seen this movie before. That Americans don't like government but they don't want it shut down. And Congress will get the blame."

"He's saying it. Why would he say such a thing unless he's so disrespectful of us that he thinks he can say anything and not be held accountable for it?"

"How has he strengthened Russia's international stature? By allying Russia with some of the world's most offensive and threatening tyrannies."

"This kind of thing is really all earmarks of an autocratic government led by a person who wants to stay in power for life."