White House To GOP: If You Want Troops In Iraq, You ‘Should Say So’ http://t.co/6EgBSb2xVP

— Allan Brauer (@allanbrauer) January 6, 2014

“The Administration must recognize the failure of its policies in the Middle East and change course,” they (McCain/Graham) said in the statement. “America has lost time, options, influence, and credibility over the past five years, and we cannot afford to remain disengaged any longer.”

White House press secretary Jay Carney said Monday that the likes of McCain and Graham ought to be transparent about what exactly they’re proposing.

“I’ve heard members of Congress suggest this, but if members were suggesting that there should be American troops fighting and dying in Fallujah today, they should say so,” Carney said during his daily press briefing.

“The President doesn’t believe that.”