David Gergen actually said...

"But very importantly for him and it has emerged now on Capitol Hill, that it looks like the Congress will support him, a majority will support him financially so it will give him permission to go ahea..."

"The public won't sustain, won't support an open-ended war and this worked out to be a logical time to begin the drawdown."

"And what the president said was, no, I'm not going to do that. It's too open-ended."

"If you really want to rally people, one way or another you either get in or you get out."