Barack Obama actually said...

"I don't make these decisions based on polls or popularity. I make these decisions based on what I think is best."

"At the end of the day, Barack Obama promised as a candidate to end this war. Today he moved a step closer, it's going to take longer than liberals want but he moved to much big step -- bigger much ste..."

"millions of displaced Iraqis . . . are a living consequence of this war and a challenge to stability in the region, and they must become part of Iraq's reconciliation and recovery."

"We're no longer going down the conservative path. We're going to go down a much more progressive or liberal path."