John McCain: Republicans Have Lost This Battle

Urging his Republican colleagues to stop the ongoing fiscal fight

With House Republicans in disarray and the debt ceiling deadline fast-approaching, Arizona Senator John McCain is urging his fellow Republicans to give up the fight and vote for a bill to reopen the government and lift the debt ceiling.

"Republicans have to understand we have lost this battle," McCain told the New York Times, "as I predicted weeks ago, that we would not be able to win because we were demanding something that was not achievable."