John Kerry actually said...

"We have to weigh our choices against what is possible."

"We also know, and we know this definitively, that this should not become a partisan issue."

"What our troops are doing is extraordinary, and extraordinarily difficult. We have an obligation to make certain that we give them a strategy that is worthy of their sacrifice."

"I am concerned by where we are today in Afghanistan, about the rising number of casualties among our troops and those of our allies."