Chris Coons actually said...

the difficulty of passing authorizations of military force is not an excuse to grant wholesale new powers to the Administration

If you want that kind of power on the books and you do not want to vote again... that is giving up a huge amount of power.

the American public often is much more skeptical about the commitment of U.S. forces abroad than this body is

we need to continue to reinforce that America sends its best and brightest to represent us around the world.