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

The problem is, you have to look at Afghanistan also in a global context where we've canceled basically our missile defense system undercutting the Czech Republic in Poland. We've I think not dealt with Iran with the kind of resolve that would show that we understand the nature of that threat.

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.

Take your f***ing tampon out and tell me what you have to say.

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.

Counting the numbers of troops is not going to define our success here.There is no military success, ultimately, to Afghanistan. The Afghans themselves are going to define what happens here. And we have to convince ourselves that we have a strategy in place that empowers them to do that and that is realistic in what our expectations are from them and on what schedule.

The moment somebody's a president and you call him "Mr. President," (the person represents) our culture, our history, our sense as our nation.