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

I disagree with Senator Reid. He's a dear friend and I support him. I disagree. And if Islam would have attacked us, I would say, we shouldn't do that. But I was under the impression that we were attacked by al Qaeda.

Politically, it's not wise at all. But it was the right thing to do.

It's the difference between having the right to do something and it being the right thing to do.

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

It's going to be -- look at what happened at the Exxon Valdez. This is a much worse spill and much more environmentally sensitive area, affecting much more people.

If they can clean some of this stuff up with science, you know, technology, people think of things. And we may be able to do this and do a very good job, but we'll still be living with it.

I think it's unbelievable that we never got the instrumentation on there. And the comical thing is, is that BP said they really didn't care what the flow rate was. Of course they cared.

If the weather holds, it's possible this weekend they could do the static kill and once and for all kill this -- this well.

I guess. And you know what? There are going to be a lot of books written about this, and that was one of the things that I can't wait to find out in the book, is how we never found that, why no one just simply said, 'Do that.'

If you -- if it was $4,300 a barrel, and what most people believe is something between 75,000 to 100,000 barrels a day for, what, 90 days or something like that? Well, of course it's in their interest.

My guess is before this is over, they're going to have to figure out a way to keep BP viable enough to continue to pay this stuff off, because it's going to be an awful lot of money that they're going to owe.

Yes, this is -- this is going to be for the rest of my days and for a long time to come after that.

This is good. It was good that we won, the Allies won El Alamein, and Montgomery (ph), did. But this -- in a historical context, this is just the end of the beginning.

And this is -- again, it worries me because this would be the equivalent of saying, well, we beat Rommel (ph) in North Africa. We can all go home now.

I mean, vigilance has got to be the -- the sort of the word.

The economy here is literally in shambles.

The short-term reimbursement, the long-term cleanup, these are things that are going to take a long time, if our culture is to survive here.

It worries me because this would be the equivalent of saying, well, we beat Rommel in North Africa. We can all go home now.

I'm very fearful that the attention is going to drift away, and people will move on to other things, and the people of my state and my region will be forgotten.

People have lost an unbelievable amount of money.

I do. And, Anderson, to be honest with you, if it wouldn't be for you and a couple other people, I would be more scared.

This culture down here is very much in peril. People's ways of life is very much at risk here.

People have lost an unbelievable amount of money.

The economy here is literally in shambles.