David Gergen actually said...

"I think it's very much worth remembering that counter heat brought counterinsurgency to Iraq in a war that look hopeless at the time is -- we're in a much, much better place there because of his leade..."

"I think, Anderson, it was a home run, in naming David Petraeus."

"he's a great patriot."

"if there's one man who can turn it around, if there's one leader who can turn it around, it's David Petraeus."