This war is lost and the surge is not accomplishing anything.

I hope there's not a rush to do anything. We need to take a deep breath.

I've seen astounding and compelling numbers indicating Democrats will pick up Senate seats in '08 because of the war -- not that Iraq is about politics.

I do not believe there should be a single drop of American blood, additional blood, shed in Iraq. I do not believe there should be another head injury in Iraq of an American soldier. Let the Iraqis handle their own country.

Well, the president has a swagger, and he has -- he's been very uncompromising. And that's the reason we're in the quagmire we're in, in Iraq. He should become in tune with the fact that he is president of the United States, not king of…

The mission in Iraq has changed. And, therefore, so must U.S. policy change.

The mission in Iraq has changed and therefore so must U.S. policy change.

I think it needs to shift to the White House now, shift to the White House and find out what the president is going to do about this. He has said in the past that anyone who was a leaker would be relieved of duty in the White House.

We demand an up-or-down vote. We are determined to give our troops and the American people the debate they deserve.

Consultation, to me, means consultation. You sit down and talk with people you're trying to work something out with. Not after you've already written the speech.

We want the American troops protected in Iraq. But for the president to escalate this conflict outside Iraq is something he has to come back and ask us permission to do.

Consultation, to me, means consultation. You sit down and talk with people you're trying to work something out with. Not after you've already written the speech.