John Kerry actually said...

"Past talks have suffered, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, because they have been a series of one-night stands."

"If I were Supreme Leader and I thought somebody was trying to change my regime, I guess I would be concerned about it too."

"The United States will need to consider how and when that policy, or the Iranian perception of it, should come off the table."

"There are other issues nonnuclear, as you and Senator Lugar have pointed out, between the United States, the Western countries, and Iran."