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Look, this does not advance the cause of getting gadhafi out, this op-ed. at some point the coalition, nato, the united states and our allies, have to decide when do actions like this medieval siege, as they put it, that's happening in misratah rise to the level of humanitarian crisis that requires them to go back and re-evaluate the use of military force. they may decide to enlist the help of the arab league, which the op-ed references. they may decide to go back to the u.n. and u.n. resolution to amend it which the op-ed also mentions. but as it currently exists, the op-ed doesn't advance th...

Given and the one opportunity they were given and president obama is not happy about it. and i do think that the president had president bush tried something this quickly, not informed congress and not done the sort of any consensus building on the home front, that they would be freaking out right about now. >> and president bush 43 did get a declaration from ko congress before he went into iraq and president obama didn't do that. is that the comparison fair? >> i don't think it's fair. as i remember the immediate why were the cheerleaders and going along with the whole thing and the idea that...

Believed as i believe that legislation is the art of compromise. he said it probably more dramatically than i did, but the principle of legislation is the art of consensus building, and it is. and you can see it right before our eyes as we're here today. i say that because this budget dispute started way over here. the right wing, tea party folks were just bashing cutting this and that. you saw yesterday that the tea party folks, mainstream republicans in the house said what are you guys doing, back off a bit. we are trying to work something out to fund the government. so you saw the tea party...

Like that in the senate? >> i read a lot about{ henry clay. one of the great legislators in the history of the world, and he believed as i believe that legislation is the art of compromise. he said it probably more dramatically than i did, but the principle of legislation is the art of consensus building, and it is. and you can see it right before our eyes as we're here today. i say that because this budget dispute started way over here. the right wing, tea party folks were just bashing cutting this and that. you saw yesterday that the tea party folks, mainstream republicans in the house said ...

The history of the world, and he believed as i believe that legislation is the art of compromise. he said it probably more dramatically than i did, but the principle of legislation is the art of consensus building, and it is. and you can see it right before our eyes as we're here today. i say that because this budget dispute started way over here. the right wing, tea party folks were just bashing cutting this and that. you saw yesterday that the tea party folks, mainstream republicans in the house said what are you guys doing, back off a bit. we are trying to work something out to fund the gov...