Quotable

"I like guys who've never been there that criticize us who've been there. I like that. I like guys who got five deferments and never been there and send people to war, and then don't like to hear suggestions about what needs to be done."

Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa, responding to Dick Chaney's comment about Murtha's position as being one of abandonment and surrender and accusing Democrats of playing politics with the war and recklessly pushing a "cut and run" strategy.