09/30/2010
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"McConnell has been totally AWOL from any negotiations."
"It's worth pointing out that McConnell, you know, did not put on the table what Democrats wanted, but he did put forward a bill that was $500 billion."
"I think it's extremely important here in the next couple of months not to have any earthshaking changes with regard to defense and foreign policy. I think a precipitous drop down in either Afghanistan..."
"It looks to me like the speaker, the Democratic leader of the Senate and former Vice President Biden all have the view that two-and-a-half trillion or nothing."