Claire McCaskill: “General Petraeus, what is the largest CERP project being conducted in Afghanistan, who is overseeing it, and how long…”

I think it would be very hard for him, with the abortion -- anti-abortion forces in this country that are totally Republican, I think it would be very hard for him to not let there be a vote.

Just because more people are giving to Democratic candidates doesn`t mean there aren`t mega-donors in the back room writing five, 10, $20 million checks to try to get the candidates of their choice that are on the other side.

The culture wars? I've got to tell you, this time around, bring it, because I think that Democrats want to talk about abortion, and they want to talk about guns.

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