John Kerry actually said...

"I'm absolutely confident, Mr. Chairman, that it is easy, not that complicated to work out language that will satisfy the Congress and the American people that there is no door open here through which ..."

"There is a very broad coalition that is growing of people who believe we ought to take action against Syria."

"the failure to act unraveled the deterrent against chemical weapons and risk emboldening Hezbollah and Iran."

"According to that assessment, we know with high confidence from the intelligence community that the Syrian government carried out a chemical weapons attack in the Damascus suburbs on August 21st."