John Thune actually said...

"the choice before the Senate is between this treaty and no legal obligation for Russia to keep its strategic nuclear forces below an agreed level."

"I would be very concerned about endangering the triad if the number of strategic delivery vehicles dropped below the 800 number."

"I believe it is critically important to our security and that of our allies that the United States maintain a deterrent based on a modernized Triad of SLBMs/SSBNs, ICBMs, and bombers."

"At relatively low launcher numbers, Russia will take advantage of New START's lack of restrictions on MIRVing and MIRVed payloads."