Jim DeMint actually said...

I do not accept the premise that going into the future that the United States should accept a mutual assured destruction policy.

I think if we told the American people that we are going to continue with the cold-war strategy with Russia of mutually assured destruction,...

the idea that we are agreeing to a treaty that binds us to not defend ourselves against nuclear missiles takes us back 30 years to a mutuall...

It's clear that, at any point that our missile defense threatens their ability to deliver offensive weapons, that they feel completely free ...