David Gergen actually said...

"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."

"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 the White House and the secretary of state have been very carefully trying to describe this as a private mission, a humanitarian mission, not one undertaken at the request of President Obama."

"I must say, we ought to take a moment here to say how exemplary Bill Clinton's behavior has been since his wife became Secretary of State. A lot of people thought he would be a loose cannon. He has be..."