David Gergen actually said...

"I think this is just a very bad place. Somebody -- some adult supervision is needed here to put a stop to this hemorrhaging, and see if you can't bring this together, and try to find a way out that do..."

"I think it's going to be received by a lot of people as too middle of the road, not a clear way out on the military side."

"It was a huge embarrassment."

"It seems to me almost impossible now for the president to come out of a meeting with Mr. Maliki in the next few hours and say with a straight face, we're now planning to do these three things to help ..."