Let's Face It, In America Today We

Whereas Iraq Has Consistently Breached Its Cease-fire Agreement Between Iraq And The United States, Entered Into On March 3, 1991, By Failing To Dismantle Its Weapons Of Mass Destruction Program, And Refusing To Permit Monitoring And Verification By United Nations Inspections; Whereas Iraq Has Developed Weapons Of Mass Destruction, Including Chemical And Biological Capabilities, And Has Made Positive Progress Toward Developing Nuclear Weapons Capabilities

There's No One Silver Bullet, But Money Really Is The Root Of All Evil. The Single Biggest Problem Is How Much More Money Is Flooding Into Politics These Days. It Not Only Tends To Enable A More Extreme Candidate To Get Elected, But Because So Much Money Is Required To Bankroll A Campaign, Everyone Spends All Their Free Time Fundraising Instead Of Reaching Across The Aisle.

When Those Pictures Of Abu Ghraib Came Out, I Thought, My Gosh, This Is Like The Tiger Cages For Prisoners In Vietnam All Over Again. Only We Were Actually Doing It Ourselves, We Weren't Hiring Another Government To Do It.

When I First Arrived To Congress In 1975, I Would Spend Several Hours Every Week With Republicans - Having Lunch, Drinking A Beer. But By The Time I Left Last Year, That Was A Rarity. Every Moment Of Free Time Is Eaten Up By Fundraising. And The Advent Of All These Groups That Can Threaten Passage Of This Or That With An Avalanche Of Money Or A Primary Opponent Has Poisoned Our Politics.

I Think The American People Said, Look, You Know, We Can't Control What Every Government Does To Its People, But We Shouldn't Be Aiding And Assisting A Government In Having These Kinds Of Repressive Prisons. It Added To The Public Outcry Against Our Involvement In Vietnam.