Tom Coburn: “The question I have is, The distinguished Senator from West Virginia asked the question: How long and at what price? But…”

“The question I have is, The distinguished Senator from West Virginia asked the question: How long and at what price? But that is a false choice. Because if we leave Iraq and we walk away, we are going to be fighting this battle again. So it is not about how long and at what price; it is, when are we going to have this battle again? I believe that is up for debate. What the American people lack is the understanding that if we walk out now, we are going to put young men and women again at risk, at far greater numbers and at far greater cost in the future, as we empower the terrorists.”