Brad Sherman actually said...

The State Department has issued a statement saying, well, the Iraqi Government had nothing to do with it, which to me is an incredible indic...

So if something is working, why would you do less?

Those sanctions, at least tougher than we had before, brought Iran this far. They are clearly better now than they were 6 months ago.

If you don't escalate sanctions through the passage of that Senate bill, then greed will override fear.