McCain unlikely to support any Secretary of State nominee without Benghazi answers

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said on Sunday that until the administration reveals more information about the deadly attack in Benghazi, he is unlikely to support any nominee for Secretary of State.

"Under the present circumstances, until we find out all the information as to what happened, I don't think you'd want to support any nominee right now," McCain said on CBS's "Face the Nation."

McCain has been an outspoken critic of Susan Rice, the ambassador to the United Nations, after she went on Sunday talk shows and said that the attack that killed four Americans at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi appeared to be a spontaneous protest that was hijacked by extremists. Intelligence agencies later said it was most likely a planned assault by a militant group.

The White House says Rice was only following their talking points based on the best available intelligence at the time, but McCain and Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.) have accused Rice of misleading the public.

Rice is rumored to be a top candidate to become Secretary of State when Hillary Clinton steps down, but McCain and Graham have said they would oppose her nomination. 

McCain said on Sunday that he would "give all nominees the benefit of a hearing process."

But he added that Rice should go back on "Face the Nation" to explain that she gave the wrong information to the American people.

"That might be a beginning," McCain said.

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