Jim Cooper actually said...

People who complain about a shortage of funding, and then don't allow the Pentagon to prioritize, are people who are not willing to fund our...

This must be an election year. I thought that statement, from my good friend, was needlessly alarmist and partisan.

We are all Americans, we all want a stronger country, we all want a strong missile defense, and we all should pay for it.

I hope that the public understands that, you know, we can have as strong a defense as we want to have, but just got to pay for it.