Lindsey Graham actually said...

"What signal would that be sending to our troops and to our enemies? What kind of national security impact would it be in the times in which we live if there was no agreement to fund the Government?"

"If the Russians said we want you gone tomorrow, would it matter to Assad? Absolutely."

"So that means it is worse for us for him to stay and we not be able to achieve our policy."

"He told me he did not think he would be here in another year because there will be a million Syrian refugees and it is destabilizing Jordan."