Carl Levin actually said...

"We are bloody impatient. And the problem is Iraqis' political leadership."

"The important thing with Mr. Gates is whether or not he is independent, whether or not he is going to speak truth to power."

"I'm not going to vote no because I voted no 15 years ago."

"It ignores the realities on the ground to say that absolutely we are winning in Iraq, everybody's losing in Iraq at the moment and until there's a political settlement, they're going to continue to lo..."