Reply #44: The problem is they won't say it that way

[karynnj]

They will say that, in a time of war, you sometimes have to "cut through red tape" and do what is necessary. The statistic that Kerry and others have repeated - that the vast majority of requests were approved swiftly (I don't remember the numbers - but it was less than 10 rejected compared to something like 15,000 approved) blows this out of the water. The question is which view will get more media support.

I really wish that Feingold could have stayed and had a debate on the floor with Spector. It could have been very ineresting.