Joe Manchin actually said...

There were concerns that I shared and wrote about before the invasion, that the invasion of Iraq would create the temptation or the possibil...

No one should interpret my comments today as a lack of support for Iraq and the continued U.S. involvement there.

We cannot afford to let the gains we have sacrificed so much for slip away.

We cannot afford to let the gains our troops have sacrificed so much for in Iraq slip away before they are cemented.