On the recordMarch 9, 2015
And if anyone should have some ill feelings about Vietnam, John McCain, who came to the House of Representatives with the Senator and me, was in a prison camp for 5 years and 4 of those years were in solitary confinement. John Kerry was shot, was wounded--highly decorated, but he had a little beef with the Vietnamese. And they worked together because they thought it would be good for our country to reestablish relations with that country. So my mind is--I repeat--clouded with the experience I have in this body with leaders such as Mark Hatfield, a Republican, who would never ever consider anything like this. I am dumbfounded that 47 of my colleagues would sign a letter. Last week they were over here, as I said, jumping up and down and cheering the Prime Minister of Israel because he was denigrating what was going on in Iran--you can't negotiate with these people--and now they are sending a letter to the same people whom they were cheering against just a week ago? Would the Chair announce the business of the day. ____________________
