Ben Cardin actually said...

"I agree with your conclusion."

"Turkey is a critically important partner of the United States."

"At the very least--at the very least--we can be true to our values and perhaps we will get the Turkish Government's attention by being public in our censure of their human rights record."

"Pastor Brunson's detention is wrong, and if he is being held as a hostage, it even is more problematic as far as U.S. relations are concerned."