James Carville actually said...

"This thing is not going away. We're not going to turn the page. We're going to stay until the last drop of oil is out of the Gulf of Mexico. I promise you that."

"I don't know, John. But I can tell you there's not a single person that I've run across in Louisiana that believes that figure."

"I would be just -- I would be happy, as would most Democrats, if the thing would be -- just go away."

"No, no, of course not. Politically, it's not wise at all. But it was the right thing to do."