John Kerry actually said...

"And Congress should probably look pretty carefully at that playing field, shouldn't it?"

"I worry that the context may change before Syria changes."

"It would also reinforce the interests of both nations and groups hostile to transparency, to the rule of law broadly shared by the population of a country or to peaceful transition."

"Certainly Bashar al-Assad has lost all governing legitimacy except what he achieves at the barrel of a gun or a tank."