Barack Obama actually said...

"Certainly, I didn't expect to find myself in this position a year ago. I've been struck by how hungry we all are for a different kind of politics."

"Are there any circumstances that you can articulate in which we would say to the Maliki government that enough is enough and we are no longer committing our troops?"

"Some time this week, Democratic Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, is expected to file papers setting up an exploratory campaign committee."

"What leverage do we have that would provide us some assurance that, six months from now, you will not be sitting before us again, saying, well, it didn't work?"