John McCain

We've got to be more realistic in our foreign policy. We've got to know what we can do to affect, positively, the world and what we cannot do.

I do not believe it would be a good idea to share intelligence with the Russians.

In your professional military opinion, is it a good idea to set up an intelligence-sharing operation with the Russians?

Do you believe that, right now, it's very likely that Bashar Assad will leave power?

In Syria, with 400,000 people killed, 6 million refugees, is our strategy in Syria working--succeeding?

This is not the first time we've had one of these agreements. In fact, it's beginning to fit the definition of insanity, of doing the same thing over and over again.

We were shocked to--or at least surprised to learn that none of the Service Chiefs have had a conversation with the President of the United States.

The longer a continuing resolution lasts, the more damaging it is.

Budget instability is the greatest risk we face.

I would be the first to admit that Congress is failing in--to match resources to requirements, but the failure of the President is worse.

America's adversaries neither respect nor fear us. America's friends are increasingly hedging their bets.

Until the United States is willing to take steps to change the conditions on the ground in Syria, the war, the terror, the refugees, and the instability will continue.

Our adversaries will not do what we ask of them out of the goodness of their hearts or of--out of concern for our interests or the suffering of others. They must be compelled, and that requires power.

This should be yet another lesson, as if we needed it, that diplomacy in the absence of leverage is a recipe for failure.

I have no doubt that ISIL will eventually be expelled from its strongholds in Mosul and Raqqa.

The administration may have postponed Iran's nuclear programs, but this has come at the cost of unshackling Iranian power and ambition.

The rise of ISIL and the threat it poses has made al Qaeda appear modest by comparison.

That withdrawal of United States power created a vacuum that was filled by all of the worst actors in the region.

The tide of war was receding and that we should focus on, nation-building at home.

It's been an unmitigated disaster.

McCain, Senator John

If the Senator from Delaware and his Democrat friends want to join together with us, then yes, let us throw it where it belongs: in the trash can.

The people in my State are hurting.

If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor. Period. If you like your health plan, you will be able to keep your health care plan. Period.

We want to replace it. We do not want to fix it. We want to replace it, because it has been a complete failure.