Paul Begala actually said...

"An unintended consequence of 'don't ask don't tell' which was a compromise that the president -- my boss, President Clinton signed into law 17 years ago. Here's what happened. We had an officer, for e..."

"I think he should be respected on that. I -- I do think he's empirically wrong when he says there's no groundswell of support among the troops. Public opinion has changed on this issue in support of e..."

"If the Republicans, who still have the capacity under the filibuster rule to block anything, if they hold firm -- and I fear that they will -- they will be able to stop this."

"I think he's empirically wrong when he says there's no groundswell of support among the troops. We will see what this study says. But there plainly is. Public opinion has changed on this issue in supp..."