Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is demanding that U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice go on television and apologize for her characterization of September attacks in Benghazi if she has any hope of being appointed the next secretary of state.

The Arizona senator last week pledged to block Rice from becoming the nation’s top diplomat because he said that her early assessment of the attacks — which relied on CIA-approved talking points that did not mention al Qaeda — made her “not qualified” for the job.