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Be tough enough. but they're concerned that whatever we do, it can't be about saving face. and then you have ted cruz, the tea party cadre attacking, like we shouldn't go in at all because we really can't be there to save face. so they are unified on their attack on the president. >> david, i understand that you have spent several months traveling with secretary of state john kerry working on an upcoming later for "the atlantic." one of the things that's really struck me throughout the day is here you had john kerry yesterday making a compelling moral argument for war yesterday. very compellin...

Policy. >> you know, one thing i would share with you, craig, from my time in the clinton administration and when we went into bosnia, remember that the process of convincing the american people, laying out your case, i mean, that can't -- some of us may not like it, but that can take a week, nine days. that's not unreasonable. because remember when we started yesterday was with an affirmation in the confidence in the documents that we had. trying to brush off the coasts of iraq, if you will. but really trying to ground this whole argument in a very strong moral authrgument in terms of w we've...

President obama today says he will await a congressional vote before striking in syria. how does this line up with what secretary of state john kerry said yesterday? let's listen to the secretary's speech. >> president obama has spent many days now consulting with congress and talking with leaders around the world about the situation in syria. last night, the president asked all of us on his national security team to consult with the leaders of congress as well, including the leadership of the congressional national security committees. and he asked us to consult about what we know regarding t...

And ultimately, ultimately, we are committed, we remain committed, we believe it's the primary objective, is to have a diplomatic process that can resolve this through negotiation, because we know there is no ultimate military solution. it has to be political. it has to happen at the negotiating table. and we are deeply committed to getting there. so that is what we know. that's what the leaders of congress now know. and that's what the american people need to know. and that is at the core of the decisions that must now be made for the security of our country and for the promise of a planet wh...

His words yesterday juxtaposed against the president's today. colonel jack jacobs. medal of honor recipient. and our msnbc contributor and journalist. jack, let me start with you. there you had john kerry making that compelling, impassioned case, moral case, if you will, for war. and then you have the president today essentially saying, ok, let's wait on that. did the president hang john kerry out to dry at all? >> i think so. the whole sequence of events was astonishing, even surreal. that was probably john kerry's best speech ever for a guy that's been giving speeches for a long, long time. ...