Political Quotes

“I promise I am not going to keep you long. I plan on speaking in more detail to this tomorrow, but I wanted to lay this amendment down tonight. With the help of Senator Kerry, Senator Chafee, Senator Corzine, and Senator Feinstein, we have a simple and we believe a very commonsense amendment to pay for the President's request for funding the supplemental for the war in Iraq. For my bona fides here, I want to make it clear at the outset, No. 1, I voted to give the President the authority to go to Iraq, and I believe it was the correct vote. I am not at all happy with the way the administration failed to plan for the fall of Saddam, notwithstanding the importuning on the part of myself and many others--Republicans and Democrats in the Congress--but nonetheless, I do not come at this as someone who is opposed to the idea the American public is going to be asked to spend more money to win the peace in Iraq. We are going to be asked to spend more money. It is inevitable.”