respect because we have seen hezbollah and iran increase their own involvement in the conflict. >> reporter: of course, critics have been saying for weeks now that iran was stepping up its role and, in fact, the critics are not just on the republican side. you've got former president bill clinton who just a couple of days ago at a private event with john mccain suggested that president obama should be doing more. interesting, of course, that this policy shift last night happened just a couple of days after that criticism from clinton, jon. jon: and it doesn't sound, ed, like what the white house has announced so far is satisfying the president's critics. >> reporter: that's right. because as i noted, john mccain has been saying that you've got to really spell out how we're arming theng to be hey artillery that could actually make a difference and push back against assad's forces, or are they just going to be sitting ducks? and john mccain earlier on fox also raised the stakes in all of this by saying while the u.s. has now confirmed they believe about 150 people were killed by