Tim Kaine actually said...

"We should thank those who have served in Afghanistan over and over, because this progress has been hard won, at a great cost."

"Everything we do should be conditions-based, not calendar-based."

"As much as I agree with members of the committee that our strategy in Afghanistan should be conditions-based not calendar-based, I hope we will have a budget that is conditions-based, not calendar-bas..."

"The Afghans certainly knew this was going to be very tough."