Harry Reid: “tonight the Vice President has come out of his bunker and is speaking at a gathering of Washington, DC, insiders. Of…”

“tonight the Vice President has come out of his bunker and is speaking at a gathering of Washington, DC, insiders. Of course, it is closed to the press. Unfortunately, he brought his bunker mentality with him in the speech. He is repeating the same tired attack we have heard from administrative officials over the last 2 weeks. Mr. President, in the last 24 hours in faraway Iraq 10 of our brave soldiers have been killed. On such a night, you would think the Vice President would give a speech that honors the fallen and those still fighting by laying out a strategy for success. But no, instead we have the Vice President of the United States playing politics like he is in the middle of a Presidential campaign. Yesterday, a bipartisan majority of this body, the Senate, gave the administration a vote of no confidence for its Iraq policy. The Senate said the era of their no-plan, no-end approach is over. Apparently, though, the White House didn't get the message. The Vice President's speech tonight demonstrates that once again this administration intends to stay the course and continue putting their political fortunes ahead of what this country needs, a plan for success. Our troops and the American people deserve better. The White House needs to understand that deceiving the American people is what got them into trouble. Now is the time to come clean, not to continue the pattern of deceit. So again, Mr.…”