Political Quotes

“we are here today--after more than 5 years, 4,000 American lives lost, 30,000 wounded, and nearly $600 billion spent--to discuss funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I have always believed invading Iraq was a mistake. I voted against granting our President that authority in 2002. I have opposed, from the beginning the way this administration carried out that effort once begun. Last year, when the 2007 emergency supplemental appropriations bill came before the Senate, I, along with a majority of my colleagues, passed a bill that would have brought our troops home. The President chose to veto that bill. If he had signed it, most of our troops would be home today. Instead, we now have more troops in Iraq than we did more than 5 years ago when President Bush declared our mission accomplished. The grave costs of his aimless strategy continue to plague us both at home and abroad. Former President John F. Kennedy said, ``To govern is to choose.'' President Bush has repeatedly chosen to pursue his war in Iraq, despite its costs to our nation.”