Political Quotes

“it is also very interesting--and I have the greatest respect for my friend from Virginia and my friend from Nebraska--but with all due respect to them, how could they vote against a motion to proceed? How could they vote against a motion to proceed saying let the two leaders work this out? What more could we give them than what they asked for last week? But now they want to throw in the Gregg amendment with a 60-vote margin. Earlier today, the minority leader said: This vote is ``about getting fair treatment for the minority here in the Senate.'' He was half right. This vote is about fairness but has little to do with being fair to the minority. The vote is about being fair to 132,000 troops already in Iraq by making sure they have the strategy they need to complete their mission so they can come home. This vote is about being fair to the 48,000 American men and women who would be sent to Iraq should President Bush be permitted to escalate this war. This vote is about being fair to the bipartisan majority of Senators who seek to voice their opposition to the President's plan to escalate the war. This vote is about being fair to the American people and the millions of voters who chose a new direction last November. As Senators, we owe it to our troops and our people to have a real debate about the way forward in Iraq. For 4 years, this body, under the control of the Republicans, sat silent on the most pressing issue facing our country--Iraq.…”