David Gergen actually said...

"You have to have the country behind you as commander in chief."

"Actually I'm very sympathetic to Michael's point of view about that you have to fight a war and you got to be either in or out and you can't throw your pinch (ph) on elections. But John, we've learned..."

"It sure doesn't help President Obama, does it? There are going to be a lot of Americans, John, I think who are going to say after reading that why in the devil should we spend one more American life s..."

"But the point is, we're not there to save the Karzais. We're there to prevent terrorism here in the United States."