America that has done more to support Israel than any other country cannot be true to our own values if we allow a viable two-state solution to be destroyed before our own eyes.

There are issues of war and peace. And then, there are issues of life and death like this one that are no less morally compelling than war itself.

If you can resolve this transition of [Bashar] Assad, that is absolutely possible, but you have to have a clarity for everybody about the way forward.

Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it's too often the art of the probable - tinkering around the edges without any greater vision, without a sense of optimism and imagination.

I look forward to standing up and holding George Bush accountable for pushing seniors off of Medicare into HMOs.

We can't change minds without knowing what's in them.

We must retool our nation to prepare for the challenge we already face to maintain our position in the global economy. And this much is certain: America will not have national security without economic security.