McCain said the administration 'should be consulting' members of Congress. McCain fumes over leaks on Syria

Sen. John McCain on Wednesday said President Barack Obama has failed to lay out his policy toward Syria and he railed about leaks on the U.S. military plans.

“[Assad] crossed that red line and I think he was then encouraged to do more since he was not held to account for his previous breaches,” McCain said on Fox News’ “Fox & Friends.” “But all of these leaks, when strikes are going to take place, where, what’s going to be used, if I were Bashar Assad, I think I would declare tomorrow a snow day and keep everybody from work. This is crazy. These leaks are just crazy.”


McCain also took Obama to task for not explaining his policy toward Syria.

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“This is the same president that two years ago said that Bashar Assad must leave office and so where is America’s credibility? Where is our ability to influence events in the region?” the Arizona Republican said.

And those “who say we should stay out of Syria do not understand that this is now a regional conflict” that is increasingly “getting worse,” he said. “And what is the president’s policy? What is the president’s policy?”

As for the question of whether the president should be seeking congressional approval on Syria, McCain said the administration “should be consulting” members.

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“It’s interesting to me that both the British parliament and the French parliament have convened to discuss this issue,” he said. “I do think that the president needs to have more consultation, which so far has not been there. But the War Powers Act is a little murky about that.”