Paul Begala actually said...

"Kerry has already won in Iowa, in the Midwest. That's a long way from home."

"Winning is better than losing. First is better than second."

"He is the most strident on issues like Iraq. In the last few days, he was back on the attack, but not in a very screeching way, and I thought that seemed to work for him."

"He is the most strident on issues like Iraq."