Barack Obama: “We need more Republicans to act that way, because this is more important than politics.”

We’ve now fought a war, spent billions and billions of dollars, you know, put enormous strain on our military. A lot of people have died. And it feels like we’re back where we were before we started the war, except maybe a little bit worse…

There’s no doubt that we are going through a period right now of disruption, polarization.

Your task is not to impose litmus tests.

They're meant to remind us of who we can be, to remind us of what's possible, so we can forge ahead.