“If there’s a failure on the part of the supercommittee, we will be among the first on the floor to nullify that provision. Congress is not bound by this. If something is passed, we can reverse it,” McCain responded.
But then what’s the purpose of creating a trigger, if Congress can simply overturn the budget cuts, another reporter asked. McCain simply said: “I didn’t agree with the trigger being created to start with. So I have no ownership of that.”
Congress watchers have already pointed out that the “automatic cuts” in the trigger are anything but automatic, as the Huffington Post’s Ryan Grim has explained at length.
via McCain vows to nullify defense cuts if they’re triggered – The Washington Post.