Political Quotes

“I contend that this administration, as part of the negotiations over this treaty, made a very serious error in capitulating on the third site--sending shock waves among our sovereign nation allies in Central Europe. They have made concessions that are significant. The abandonment of the Polish site was a way to gain support of the Russians as part of the negotiations in this treaty. And we now have this ephemeral, chimeric vision of a 2020 entirely new missile system for Poland that may or may not ever reach fruition. The McCain amendment would say let's get this straight with the Russians and make Congress know that if it requires a new negotiation with the Russians, so be it. You could never enter into a treaty or any contract in which the parties have a serious misunderstanding or actual disagreement on a critical part.”