Steve Kagen

"Disease does not recognize congressional districts or party affiliation."

"If we get public education right, everything else will follow. But if we get it wrong, not much else will matter."

"We did our job. We took out a murderous dictator in Saddam Hussein and have given the freely elected government of Iraq all the time and money we can afford. It is time to direct our efforts away from Iraq and back after Osama bin Laden and his followers. The Iraqi government must take responsibility for the security of its own people."