John Kerry actually said...

"I do not believe withholding PNTR adds to our leverage on any of the very real differences that we just talked about."

"What more would Russia have to do to the United States before the United States would say Russia has demonstrated itself such an adversary of the United States on so many different fronts that it is u..."

"Then we see Russian support for despicable regimes like Syria, in the face of mass atrocities that President Assad has committed against his own people."

"There are many people--there are some people who raise questions about the treaty inevitably as they have about any treaty that we have ever passed."