Robert Menendez actually said...

"They do not want us to occupy Iraq for decades."

"there are those members of the committee and in the Congress who have a much different view than that."

"the absence of getting an AUMF from the executive branch and Congress not acting... would, in essence, create a de facto veto of the constitutional prerogative and responsibilities that the Congress h..."

"In my view, deployment of ground troops at this time would be Groundhog Day in Iraq all over again."