Claire McCaskill actually said...

"The premise is that when people are in debt and worried, they are more easily persuaded that someone can help them, because they're desperate for help."

"I will not sit on this committee--and I know the Chairman--the Chairman will not--and I know, having gone through the confirmation for the new Commissioner at the FTC--I can't decide which is worse, t..."

"I don't think you can produce statistics that show that you're helping anyone."

"One thing we have learned is that it has become crystal clear that to successfully fight counterinsurgencies you have to be strategic and effective at making sure there is local rule of law."