Carl Levin actually said...

I too think that your suggestion is an excellent one and it's very consistent with the approach that Senator Lieberman and I have advocated ...

I would take 2 seconds just to say that I disagree with your comments about Middle Easterners and Muslims and the implications of those comm...

I think that is along the lines of what we were proposing as well.

It seems to me this is part and parcel.