Every election is different, every context is different. I believe the record I was allowed to help establish by the side of the president Bill Clinton was important.

The fact is, Bush's war policy has failed. It's failed! Who better to say so than Jack Murtha?

At some point, deliberation begins to look more like indecisiveness which then becomes a way of emboldening our enemies and allies and causing our allies to question our resolve. So we shouldn't let one component of this determine our national security here which depends on providing an Afghanistan which denies a safe haven to terrorists as well as stabilizing Pakistan. Those are our two national security interests at stake in Afghanistan.

Republicans are 'bad people who deserve a two-by-four upside their heads.'

Chick-fil-A values are not Chicago values.

The Afghan - obviously the parties will decide which course of action. The most important there, get a government that is seen as legitimate to the people and has the credibility to be a partner in the effort to secure Afghanistan so it's not a haven for al Qaeda or other type of terrorists or international terrorist organizations.

We have come a long way and we have a little further to go.