Joseph Biden actually said...

Those folks on the sidelines knew that two months ago.

If you want to know where al Qaeda lives, if you want to know where bin Laden is, come back to Afghanistan with me.

Lives are at stake. I -- and I knew the right political vote. But I tell you what, some things are worth losing elections over.

Because I think it is as close to a consensus that can exist in a society as heterogeneous as ours.