Tom Daschle put his tiny foot in his large mouth when he attempted to portray pro-defense folks as idiots at a televised news conference he held in 2001.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/842392/posts
Transcript from Daschle's press conference, in 2001, on the National Missile Defense Program
"Whether or not we want to violate the ABM treaty
especially with a concept [NMD program] that we may not know
...or...
that we do know now DOES NOT WORK
is something that also mystifies me."
I mean
Every aspect of the debate and the consideration
that is given this whole program
is... is troubling to me.
I... I mean... I...there's a DISCONNECT there.
I mean...It just seems common sense....
I mean...there's NO BRAIN..
THIS ISN'T ROCKET SCIENCE here...
Yes it IS rocket science....
that's the problem..
Hadn't thought about that..
As I just think out loud ....
as I meander through here.
(laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh)
That's the problem."
BTW, we can blame Sen. Jeffords' defection for Daschle becoming the Senate Majority Leader and having the opportunity to fight against missile defense in 2001.