Jeff Merkley actually said...

"One of the things that I have heard often is simply the access to lower interest financing as a significant hurdle."

"I am not ready to concede that the line should be wiped out with no geographic limits, no time limits, no style of force limits."

"It has not generally been the retention of the potential for first use as it has been assured destruction."

"We have had serious conversations about the potential of using a nuclear weapon in--as a first-use weapon both in Vietnam and in Korea."