ABC's This Week
[included only the portion of the transcript that deals with the Senator’s trip to Egypt]

JAKE TAPPER: (Off-camera) You're heading to Egypt, where the government has many American citizens who are active in democracy work, is not letting them leave the country. You're chairman of one of these groups, the International Republican Institute. If the Egyptian government refuses to release these Americans, should the United States threaten to cut off aid to Egypt?

SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN: Jake, I think this is a very difficult situation. I am going to Egypt as a preplanned trip. I am not a negotiator, but I think it's important that I and the other senators in the delegation explain to the Egyptian leadership - and, by the way, this is a Mubarak law that they are enforcing. This is not the Muslim Brotherhood we're talking about - that this is a serious situation, has serious implications for our relationship. But for me to go to the Egyptians now and make threat I think could be nonproductive.