Joe Biden is trying to take Friedman's place these days. He's part of the new "One last shot" coalition. Unfortunately, the old wis
December 9, 2006

joebiden.jpg Joe Biden is trying to take Friedman's place these days. He's part of the new "One last shot" coalition. Unfortunately, the old wise-men of Washington will tell us we need just another "six months" or "One last shot" over and over again in Iraq.

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Biden: Everyone from John McCain, who says it a different way, to Joe Biden, to -- across the board -- is saying, we have one last shot to figure out how to deal with the chaos in Iraq. If we can't, you better get out.

Duncan tracks Biden's "One Last Shot" moments...or---"Biden Shots"

STEPHANOPOULOS: Senator Biden, this seems like a watershed
moment.

BIDEN: It is. Look, George, two incredible things happened:
one, the election of November 7; two, the Baker commission, my friend
here and others in the Republican party, as well as the Democratic
party.

And what they're saying, when you cut through it all -- either
figure out how we're going to have traded a dictator for stability or
leave. And that's a gigantic shift.

Everyone from John McCain, who says it a different way, to Joe
Biden, to -- across the board -- is saying, we have one last shot to
figure out how to deal with the chaos in Iraq. If we can't, you
better get out.

And my view is, if you can't deal with the chaos -- and I have a
formula how I would propose doing that. It's not apart from the study
group's recommendations. But if you can't, you better disengage and
contain.

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