If we are going to stay a great power and I hope and pray we will we need the truth. We need to know what is going right and we need to know what is going wrong. There is no greater time than now.

Republicans always try to paint Democrats as weak on defense. This time, they can't. After all, Mitt Romney's idea of an overseas accomplishment is sending U.S. jobs there.

I'd like to see the health care professionals making decisions, not some bureaucrat in Indianapolis working for an insurance company.

I think on this issue more than any other we're going to see sort of a bipartisan longing to get something done, and hopefully you're not going to find the fisticuffs that you would find on lots of other issues. I think you'll be able to glean a sense of progress without us revealing the specifics.

Certainly any president - Democrat, Republican, liberal, conservative - should keep an open mind until they get the briefing.

I'm going to focus on people and what they need, not on name calling between politicians.

Bigotry has always been the poison of America, and we oughta do everything to eradicate it with no excuses or explanations.