McCain says Colombia visit not tied to raid

(CNN) - The White House said Thursday that neither it nor the State Department gave Sen. John McCain advance word of a rescue mission in Colombia while he was in the country.

McCain was told of the raid the night before by Colombia's president and defense minister, but his visit had nothing to do with it, he said Wednesday night.

McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential candidate, was in Colombia on Tuesday and Wednesday as part of a three-day Latin American swing.