Some say 'we've got it made ... let's not rock the boat,' but I believe that's exactly how we lost in 2002 and 2004. We won't win by default. We won't win by just running out the clock. We'll only win if we show we are willing to discuss tough subjects or else we will be perceived as weak and full of fear.

I don't care, whatever political considerations I have are absolutely irrelevant to the decisions I make having to do with people's civil liberties and somethi…

The Democrats were in the majority in the U.S. Senate when we voted for the Iraq war and passed the U.S. Patriot Act. It's not enough to be in the majority, yo…

How many times are we going let George Bush and Dick Cheney say, 'You guys don't support the troops. You're not patriotic,' and let them push us around? We hav…

Courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility.

Now I can go back to being ruthless again.

He has-and there's no point being prissy about this-pinned a large target sign on this country. What he can't or won't do is ask for concessions in return whic…