Claire McCaskill: “Are there middlemen in this business?”

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

He's focused on himself?

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.

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.