Jim Webb actually said...

"Sanctions also deny the legitimacy the regime is seeking desperately."

"that's something we do need to make sure that's being said as we pursue this process."

"Does our State Department have indications that the NLD and other opposition groups are prepared to support the elections process?"

"We should, I think, as U.S. policy, not be dependent on any individual or group, however benign, on the development of our foreign policy."