regions where the u.s. was actively engaged in military operations, some of the most dangerous places in the world. do you think mccain s passion and dedication was unique in that way? he was. i told the story on twitter today about how he visited us in moz mosul. we had pretty active operations going on. i asked my bosses don t send us congressional delegations, try to keep them in the other parts of iraq because we have a lot of things going on and i didn t want to deal with them and have the soldiers deal with them. but a bevy of them were coming over continuously. mccain said he is going to mosul. i tried a couple of times to stop that and redirect him. i guess someone told him i did that. as soon as he stepped off the plane he said i understand you don t want me to see mosul. i said it is pretty tough combat