John Kerry actually said...

"We're unified on the most essential ingredient, which is the failure of this administration, their lack of honesty with the American people about what is really happening in Iraq."

"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."

"He wants a firm deadline, a date."