John McCain actually said...

"Iraq's progress is now at greater risk than at any time since the dark days before the surge."

"This is not about us. It is about what the Iraqis want to do and the decisions that they want to make."

"So to say that the Iraqi Government did not want us when they did not know the numbers and missions that we wanted to have there, of course, makes it more understandable why we did not reach an agreem..."

"This is about our needs as well, Mr. Secretary."