John McCain actually said...

"Americans need to know why winning this war is essential to our country's security."

"Setting the July 2011 date to begin reductions of our forces is a reasonable way to impart to the Government of Afghanistan a sense of focus and urgency."

"It is obvious from your experience in Afghanistan that the Afghan people do not want the return of the Taliban."

"the presidential election was riddled with fraud and that the turnout was much lower than expected because of intimidation by the Taliban."