Sen Kerry on Fox News Sunday [View All]

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Sen. Kerry did another kick-ass interview with Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday this morning. Here are the highlights, but I’d watch the replay.

On Gonzales:

“Nobody wants the White House or the Congress interfering in our judicial process. That's why we have a separate branch. And the fact is that this was clear political interference.
It's always been wrong. If it happened politically under Clinton, it's wrong. Two wrongs don't make a right. The fact is that this was political and it's wrong.
And there's a cloud over this attorney general. It's not just this. It's Guantanamo, it's the Patriot Act excesses. I believe this attorney general does not have credibility within the judicial system itself as well as outside.”

On Iraq:

“General Petraeus himself has said there is no military solution to this war. Now, if there is no military solution to this war, where is the political diplomatic solution?
I get really angry — I mean, I heard about those four soldiers killed today, and I say to myself, as someone who remembers going out on patrols that sort of had a huge question mark over them, "What are we doing? What are these kids doing going out there and finding an IED the hard way? What has that accomplished?"”

On the Senate vote:

“And what we've learned in the great fights of the Senate and historically in this country is you have to keep fighting. You keep trying.”

On the Media distortions:

“ … you and others in the media, and particularly on the Republican side of the aisle, continually characterize the plan we put forward as a complete withdrawal of all the troops and as a precipitous withdrawal." ... "This has got to — this debate has to be real, not a straw man debate where you set up a phony deal which is precipitous and complete withdrawal. It's a responsible plan that allows us ... to stay positioned against Iran and do what we need to protect American interests."

On the troops:

“I believe this issue, Iraq, is just so monumental. It's so important. You talk to those families. I was with troops yesterday who are leaving, some of them going over.
One fellow volunteered after his son-in-law was blown up by an IED, and he volunteered to go so that some other family might not have to go through what they've already gone through.
There are amazing sacrifices being made, and they're so personal and so real that those of us in public life have a huge responsibility to get this right.”

Full transcript:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,259449,00.html

The interview will replay at 6:00 EDT on Fox News Channel