I said what I believed to be true at the time. It was also what the president believed to be true at the time based on assurances that we were both given. And knowing what I know today, I would have never said that back then.
Scott McClellan reflects on his past statements regarding the Valerie Plame case and acknowledges being misled.
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It's too much about party and too little about the country. And we need to put the country first and put the party much lower.
If the president is committed to embracing a high level of openness and honesty, then we can move Washington beyond this partisan warfare that has been so destructive.
The federal government should have taken more responsibility, because, to the American people, I think, the federal government is the failsafe backstop to all that.
You have a lot of good people that come there for the right reasons, to make a difference, but they get caught up in this permanent campaign culture, where it's all about manipulating the narrative to their advantage.