envisioned. do you have any sign from the president that he is willing to do that? >> i don't know. i never wanted us to step down, as you know, because the united states is nato. that's the reality. but, candy, one of the very bad results here could be a stalemate. a stalemate between both sides, it's divided some places in the middle of libya. and then you would open the door to al qaeda to come in and hijack this very legitimate government and people that are seeking freedom. they didn't rise up against gadhafi because of anything al qaeda did. they rose up because they wanted freedom and democracy. we should do what we can to assist them. >> senator mccain out of cairo after his trip to libya, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. up next, we'll get perspective on libya and much more from senator mccain's independent colleague joe lieberman of connecticut.