Joe Manchin actually said...

I would encourage you to take back to the Secretary the request to put this on hold, to pull this order until we can all work together on it...

U.S. troops should leave because they are the wrong instrument for the political problems that the Iraqis now face.

While my position on the withdrawal of U.S. military forces is not driven by domestic politics, it is nonetheless good domestic politics.

I continue to believe that this decision represents a failure of leadership, both Iraqi and American, that it was a sad case of political ex...