They were using the selective use of facts and intelligence to bolster a decision in the case that had already been made, a decision that had been made to go war,

It seems to me it is long past time for the White House to come clean on all of this.

And trust me when I use that name, I measure my words.

This was really an attempt to get the government to acknowledge that the 16 words should never have been in the State of the Union Address. It was as simple as that. If you are going to mislead the American people and you're caught at it, you ought to fess up to it.

There have been specific threats. Beyond that, I just can't go.

The fact that this may become a crisis of governance should please no one,

I have little choice but to conclude that some of the intelligence related to Iraq's nuclear weapons program was twisted to exaggerate the Iraqi threat.

I don't know what to think of that, except to say it saddens me deeply. I get no satisfaction from that.

We're not a one-man team. We're one team. We play together with heart and that wins football games.