Jim Webb said...

I think that a number of people here in the political process tend to, quite frankly, overreact to the word 'sanctions' ...

One thing is clear: the VA's current approach is not sufficient.

I'm never going to be Cal Ripken anyway in terms of consecutive votes, so I guess if I'm going to miss one this is a goo...

Those are basically tactical questions. It also affects issues of sovereignty. Those are strategic questions.