WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator John McCain said on Monday that a
vote by the Congress against President Barack Obama's proposal
for using military force in Syria would be catastrophic.  "If
the Congress were to reject a resolution like this after the
president of the United States has already committed to action,
the consequences would be catastrophic," McCain told reporters
after a meeting with the president at the White House. McCain, a
Republican, said he was encouraged by the meeting but that there
was "a long way to go" to get the resolution passed.  McCain
said that he and Republican Senator Lindsey Graham - who was
also in the meeting with Obama - favored changes in the
resolution that would broaden it to make it more than just a
response to the use of chemical weapons by the government of
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.  "We do want an articulation
of a goal that over time will degrade Bashar al-Assad's
capabilities, increase and upgrade the capabilities of the Free
Syrian Army and the Free Syrian G