Political Quotes

“last evening, as most of us had departed with the understanding that the floor was about to close, our colleague from Illinois, Senator Durbin, the distinguished whip of the Democratic Party, came over and proceeded to give what I felt was a very strong critique of all of those things in Iraq which in his judgment and, to some extent, the judgment of others sharing it went wrong. There was little or no reference to what went right and the progress that has been made in Iraq. He concluded again with his own personal views with regard to Secretary Rumsfeld and what should be done with respect to his services in the future. It is interesting. Yesterday, Senator Biden also spoke out with regard to his concept of this very difficult dilemma, facing not only the Iraqis but all those nations working to help the Iraqis form their government, as to how certain modifications should be taken with regard to the new government, namely three secretaries having their own say in this matter with an overall arching government on top. Senator Biden's commentary, in my judgment, was constructive, and was maybe a little too late to back up from where we are at this moment. But it was nevertheless a positive contribution to the debate and constructive, in sharp contrast to the comments of Senator Durbin.…”