We're all looking for a plan that will work. The current plan is not working, and 21,500 additional troops -- it's a snowball in July. It's not going to work.

I really do not make deals.

When I'm asked about legacy, I say it's too early to talk about legacy.

It costs about $27 million to win a seat in the United States Senate, so when you win one, you like to sit down.

To put more American personnel in harm's way without a realistic chance for success is something I'm not in favor of. And a realistic chance for success depends upon having the Iraqis with the will and the ability to fulfill their share of the bargain, and so far they have not.

Was the Vietnam conflict a war which should have, as a matter of constitutional law, required a declaration of war by Congress?

As the Republican Party has moved farther and farther to the right, I have found myself increasingly at odds with the Republican philosophy and more in line with the philosophy of the Democratic Party.