UPDATED McCain suggests F-22 is part of ‘military industrial complex’

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) made more comments about the F-22 project today, hinting that the F-22 project is part of “What Eisenhower warned us about in his farewell address to the nation.”

President Dwight Eisenhower, of course, warned America about the rise of the “military industrial complex” in his farewell address given in 1961 during the Cold War.

McCain tweeted in response to ABC’s Jake Tapper on Tuesday:

@senjohnmccain on its face seems odd that such a struggle to kill a plane opposed by Mullen, Gates, AF, POTUS, Levin + you

@jaketapper It’s what Eisenhower warned us about in his farewell address to the nation

The 34th president famously said “In the counsels of government we must guard against unwarranted influence whether sought or unsought by the military industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.”

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UPDATED [12:34pm]: McCain tweeted that F-22 is a test of whether or not the country could “prevail over the Military Industrial Congressional Complex:”

@jaketapper the F-22 amendment is a crucial vote on whether we can prevail over the Military Industrial Congressional Complex or not.