Robert Casey actually said...

"I think the fact that the Arab League has now made an attempt that he seems to be kind of thumbing his nose at--for lack of a better description--"

"What we have to say to President Assad can be summed up very briefly: step aside and allow your people to begin the peaceful, orderly transition from authoritarianism to democracy."

"Mr. Assad must step down from power."

"We have an extraordinary opportunity--we and the world--to take this historic moment and nudge it, push it, do whatever we can to have it move in the right direction of a flowering of democracy."