In addition to completing the fence and installing an "interlocking" camera surveillance system on the Mexican border, he said he would increase the number of Border Patrol agents.
In 2006 Congress limited the post's power to price stamps, thus completing the fence around its no-man's-land between public and private.Then the market ie, American society did the rest.
He changed his mind on the necessity of the border fence, insisting that it was effective and declaring gruffly in one ad: "Complete the danged fence".
"Complete the danged fence," he said in a campaign ad, three years after dismissing the effectiveness of building a fence on the U.S.-Mexico border.
He abandoned his previous support for immigration reform and released TV ads urging officials to "complete the danged fence".
Senator John McCain won a tough primary by creating yet another new, tougher version of himself, who promised to complete the danged fence.
To watch: John McCain's new campaign ad, in which he laments the influx of illegal immigrants and asserts the need to "complete the danged fence".
Then the money ran out before I could complete the perimeter fence: the first busload of inmates made a break for freedom before they'd had a chance to express their gratitude.
In 2010 he was running for re-nomination against a Tea Party type, and suddenly he's talking about illegal immigrants murdering people and running "complete the danged fence" ads.
In 2010, McCain supported S.B. 1070, and, in a successful effort to fend off a primary challenger, he released an advertisement that showed him walking along the Mexican border with a sheriff, growling, "Complete the danged fence".
