John Kerry actually said...

"I don't subscribe to the same course that George Bush is pursing but we are where we are sir and it would be unwise beyond belief for the United States of America to leave a failed Iraq in its wake."

"Listen, if I were the president of the United States, I can tell you right now I would be personally, deeply involved with the leaders of those countries."

"And we're in a more difficult place because of the stubbornness of this administration to acknowledge what a lot of people know, which is we could make this less risky for our troops and we could make..."

"This president owes Americans a specific explanation of exactly how we are going to achieve that."