John Kerry actually said...

"There is no other reason to be in Iraq a year from now than standing up the Iraqi forces or chasing al Qaeda or protecting our facilities."

"I think it is critical to set a date, because it is the only way the Iraqis are ultimately going to take responsibility. It is the way to shift our forces through redeployment to the real war on terro..."

"Some fellow Democrats want a different timetable. And yet -- yet others call the whole debate political suicide."

"I believe we need a hard-and-fast deadline, not an open-ended commitment of U.S. forces."