You know, a statesman is a dead politician.

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.

Whatever my party affiliation, I will continue to be guided by President Kennedy's statement that sometimes party asks too much.

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

Lawyers advocate more so than state their own positions.

When the president acts in absence of a congressional grant of authority, he can rely only upon his own independent powers. When the president takes measures incompatible with the express or implied will of Congress, his power is at its lowest ebb.

As I think through the issue of funding the rebuilding of Iraq, I think about the analogy of a bankruptcy proceeding. There is no doubt that Iraq as a country is bankrupt.