John McCain: Putin the 'most important threat, more so than ISIS'

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., declared Russian President Vladimir Putin the “premier and most important threat, more so than ISIS,” during a local interview with Australia’s ABC on Monday.

“I think ISIS can do terrible things. But it’s the Russians who tried to destroy the fundamental of democracy and that is to change the outcome of an American election,” McCain said. “They just tried to affect the outcome of the French election. So I view Vladimir Putin — who has dismembered Ukraine, a sovereign nation, who is putting pressure on the Baltics — I view the Russians as the far greatest challenge that we have.”