Joseph Lieberman actually said...

"Personally, I feel it was a terrible mistake for Columbia University to invite him to speak, because he comes, literally, with blood on his hands."

"The war is not lost in Iraq. In fact, now American Iraqi security forces are winning. The enemy is on the run in Iraq. But, here in -- in Congress, in Washington, we seem to be, or some -- some member..."

"This is a time for acting in a way that's responsible. If you really want to stop the war, cut the funding. It does make you accountable for what happens thereafter, but you have done something as a m..."

"General Petraeus is a combination of extraordinary experience and a real passion about what we're doing in Iraq. He believes we can win. And I think he will infuse that spirit into our forces there an..."