“Obviously he supports holding multiple public hearings,” Brian Rogers, McCain’s communications director told The Daily Caller.

“He’s rejected the notion that this legislation is somehow being rammed through without debate — it’s just not true,” Rogers added.

However, Rogers declined to say how many hearings McCain wants to be held.

“He hasn’t put a number on it but wants a vigorous debate on all of these issues,” Rogers said, before shifting the subject to the scheduled arguments and votes on the Democratic-majority Judiciary Committee.

“The timeline laid out by the Judiciary Committee makes clear that there will be many weeks of debate on this and ample opportunity for amendments,” he said.