John Kerry: “I just wanted to make a couple of quick comments. No. 1, probably it does not need to be said, but I will say it anyway…”

“I just wanted to make a couple of quick comments. No. 1, probably it does not need to be said, but I will say it anyway, Senator John McCain, who was a naval aviator, combat veteran who spent more than 6 years of his life in Hanoi in the Hilton and in other prisons, really knows what is at stake in this issue, and I think understands better than anybody how difficult it is to come to this understanding. I might also point out that the Senator from South Dakota is a combat veteran himself. He 'humped the boonies,' as the expression goes.”