Claire McCaskill actually said...

"I think that there will have to be a stronger argument than that for me not to come down on the side that clemency belongs at the end of a legal determination, not in the middle of it."

"The clemency process was a travesty. The vast majority of the statements were personal attacks on the judge, the prosecutors, and me."

"I cannot imagine any of you agree with that outcome. Does anybody think that is right or fair?"

"I know you all are trying hard, and I know even the general who made the decision in Aviano, I absolutely do not think he did that maliciously or cavalierly."