Jack Reed actually said...

"If we fail to ratify the New START treaty, what will it do to the whole issue of predictability, stability, transparency?"

"My sense--and I'll ask you for your sense, General--is that if this treaty is not ratified, the prospects of serious follow-on discussions about nuclear reductions are probably close to zero."

"Your judgment from your perspective is that relationship of the treaty would enhance stability and transparency into their operations?"

"If the Russians were to deploy missile defense, it would depend on the capabilities of those systems."