“He is WAY off base on this issue.”
But he does need to be the contrarian, just to bring attention to himself.
After the 1st 911 he couldn’t help himself, calling for immediate bombing b4 everything was set in place by those doing their job-Rummy + the Generals. The other grandstander called up and down for ground troops. That fella was McCain. You learn to spot this stuff after awhile.