Claire McCaskill: “I wish we had done more to get there.”

There is an over-classification problem, and I was surprised Secretary Gates didn't mention it.

This is never a referendum. Presidential elections, by the time they run around, is always, 'well, who do you like slightly better than the two you don't like?' So it is a binary choice.

Our democracy is in peril. If our party keeps putting people forward that refuse to accept the results of elections.

This is really, really bad. What they’re saying is, if you criticize the president of the United States, as an elected member of Congress, we will silence you.