David Gergen actually said...

"I think he's got to make a choice, there's Hillary Clinton and then there's everybody else. And this is not only the most important decision he's got to make but the toughest decision he's got to make..."

"Well, it's a very long short list, isn't it? He is going to be in the mix in part because he does have this vitality, he does have the youthfulness."

"I think he is. I think, certainly, the positions that he's taken on abortion and on guns suggest to many voters, I think rightly so, that he's not an ideological man of the left."

"The smart people want to let McCain be McCain, let him do what's authentic and let him be at his best without a teleprompter."