David Gergen actually said...

"To be honest with you, President Clinton spent three hours with Kim Jong-Il. He's only been -- had given a very brief reading out of the White House."

"America is a country that cares about its own, that it will go to great lengths, a former president will fly around the world, in effect, to bring back two innocent, brave Americans, to reunite them w..."

"The hope is that this is a signal by North Korea that they would like to have a -- perhaps get back into serious conversations about their nuclear capacity."

"I think this sends a more important message to the world and that is that America is a country that it cares about its own, that it will go to great lengths."