The essence of Senator Carl "The Homonculus" Levin's comments is that we must never consider or tolerate independent intelligence assesments (when the president has an "R" after his name).
Levin now citing Rice's comments (and he's giving dates) of a relationship between Iraq and Al Qaeda.
These comments provided certainty that Iraq provided training and chemical weapons to Al Qaeda, yet he says the intelligence was only a possibility yet Dr. Rice portrayed it as a fact.
Levin runs out of time and asks that the remainder of his comments and his questions of Dr. Rice be inserted in the record.
Oh, he's got a minute left. Confirming her, he says, would be to overlook the lies told by the administration and the hubris demonstrated by the overthrow of Saddam Hussein and the ongoing tragic results.
He cannot give his support and will therefore vote against Dr. Rice.
"We begin with the common belief that Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and a threat to the peace and stability of the region. He has ignored the mandates of the United Nations and is building weapons of mass destruction and the means of delivering them." -- Carl Levin, Sept 19, 2002