Sen. John McCain said Tuesday that despite meeting with President Barack Obama on Monday and his support of intervening in Syria, he could still vote no a resolution authorizing military strikes in the country.
The Arizona Republican said if a resolution in Congress doesn’t meet certain criteria, he won’t support it, even though he stands by what he said in front of the White House on Monday, that it would be “catastrophic” if the vote in Congress fails.
“I can’t support something that I’m afraid may be doomed to failure in the long run,” McCain said on NBC’s “Today” on Tuesday. “If this resolution does not do what we discussed with the president of the United States yesterday … then this resolution will not have the desired effect.”
McCain said he and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) expressed to the president they want a resolution that addresses Assad’s weapons capability, gets weapons to the rebels and shifts momentum on the ground in favor of the Syrian Free Army.
He said he’s not sure if a resolution has the votes to pass Congress now, but he hopes it does.
“I hope so, but it’s got to be a resolution that will achieve the goals that I just described, and if it doesn’t, than obviously then I can’t support it,” McCain said.
McCain wants more from Syria plan
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