Jim Risch actually said...

"The fortitude I saw in Israel on that position was very, very strong, and I wish you luck in that regard."

"They have got to be right on that."

"I hope your optimism plays out. But, you know, we wanted--we Americans love elections, and we had an election over there, and it didn't come out exactly the way we wanted it."

"You just don't have the country itself having the willpower, the political willpower, to join us in that."