A shaft of light in Congress

On June 16, the never-gibberish-talking Raul Grijalva told the U.S. House of Representatives that:
* We need to bring our troops home from Iraq
* The light of truth has evaporated the lies that sent our men and women to fight and die there
* To say we have to stay "as long as it takes" is nonsense
* We are repeating the tragedy of Vietnam
* Our task today is to save the lives of our troops in Iraq by bringing them home
* The American people have decided it was a mistake to choose to go to war in Iraq
* This war of choice is undermining the fabric of American society
* By the end of the year, the invasion and occupation will have cost $450 billion--How much of it to corrupt crony contractors?
* How could we spend so much in Iraq and achieve so little?
* The money is spent on a war of choice when 1 in 8 Americans lives in poverty and 46 million have no health insurance
* The 46 million Americans without health insurance include 13 million children
* It is time to admit our mistake in Iraq and begin to bring our troops home with honor.