Tim Ryan: “And let's be honest here, Mr. Speaker. This is a joke because this is about 84 percent of America's top national…”

“And let's be honest here, Mr. Speaker. This is a joke because this is about 84 percent of America's top national security experts saying we are losing the war in Iraq. This is about all these generals that we have been showing night in and night out saying there is no plan to get out of here, there was a bad plan to get in, there was a bad plan to start with. There was no plan, bad information, bad intelligence, nothing was right. Look back at everything they said about using the oil for reconstruction money, about being greeted as liberators, about all this nonsense that we heard before. This is an opportunity for this administration, Mr. Meek, to try to change the subject. And all of a sudden we are talking about a few political prisoners, and it has enormous ramifications. But the bottom line is this: This administration wants to talk about anything but the war and the economy. They want to change the subject anytime they get a chance to. And now we have got this debate about military prisoners. And I am not saying it is not important, but my God, you have got millions of people living in poverty. You have got seniors whom you are threatening with their Medicare. You have got 40 some million people with no health insurance. You have stagnant wages. You have gas prices going up. You have health care going up. You have tuition going up. You have poverty rates going up. You have got veterans' benefits going down.”