Political Quotes

“Along those lines, Senator Menendez has been one of the leading voices in the Senate and in the Nation about having a cautious eye toward Iran. They have an enrichment capability. Over the last decade it has grown moderately. This idea of moderate voices in Iran--the President of Iran was elected as a moderate. I don't believe that dichotomy really exists. This whole game of good cop/bad cop is going on in front of our eyes-- in this case good president/bad ayatollah. The ayatollah, the Supreme Leader of Iran, weighed in a few days ago talking about centrifuges 10 times greater than they have today. I am sure what he is trying to do is become the bad guy. When he puts out the number 190,000 and you wind up with 15 or 20, it is like a good deal. I can promise you one centrifuge in the hands of the Iranians is a risk. Thousands of centrifuges in the hands of Iranians is stupid. We would be crazy to let that happen. If they want a nuclear power program for peaceful purposes, sign me up. As a matter of fact, as far as any deal, I would put in the deal the ability for the international community--Russia, the United States, and China working together or separately--to build a powerplant inside of Iran to give them nuclear power as long as we control the fuel cycle. Fifteen nations have nuclear power programs that do not enrich. Canada and Mexico have nuclear power programs, but they don't enrich uranium.…”