Tim Kaine actually said...

"We didn't take an oath to the sequester."

"But, separate from budgets, strategically, I gather there is no dispute within the DOD, the Navy family, the White House, in terms of the 11-carrier strategy, which is statutory but also a strategy th..."

"There's a lot of deferred maintenance. I look at it as deferred maintenance issues, the kind you talk about."

"So the surprise was the timing rather than that they actually took this step."