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Found the transcript. Keep in mind this is from December 4, 2005.

SCHIEFFER: All right. Let me shift to another point of view, and it comes from another Democrat, Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut. He takes a very different view. He says basically we should stay the course because, he says, real progress is being made. He said this is a war between 27 million Iraqis who want freedom and 10,000 terrorists. He says we're in a watershed transformation. What about that?

Sen. KERRY: Let me--I--first of all, there is so much more that unites Democrats than divides us. AndDemocrats have much more in common with each other than they do with George Bush's policy right now. Now Joe Lieberman, I believe, also voted for the resolution which said the president needs to make more clear what he's doing and set out benchmarks, and that the policy hasn't been working. We all believe him when you say, `Stay the course.' That's the president's policy, which hasn't been changing, which is a policy of failure. I don't agree with that. But I think what we need to do is recognize what we all agree on, which is you've got to begin to set benchmarks for accomplishment. You've got to begin to transfer authority to the Iraqis. And there is no reason, Bob, that young American soldiers need to be going into the homes of Iraqis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids and children, you know, women, breaking sort of the customs of the--of--the historical customs, religious customs. Whether you like it or not...

SCHIEFFER: Yeah.

Sen. KERRY: ...Iraqis should be doing that. And after all of these two and a half years, with all of the talk of 210,000 people trained, there just is no excuse for not transferring more of that authority.

Given context, it is clear that he was saying that we should delegate search-and-seizure missions to Iraqi troops who would be less likely to escalate an already tense situation with cultural faux pas, and who ought to be stepping up to the plate in any case.

Do you honestly disagree with that statement?

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[edit2:  You know, now that I really look at it, that's a really interesting interview.  For one thing, everyone made fun of Kerry for being a long-winded blowhard and being wishy-washy.  But at the end when Schieffer tries to do "gotcha!" questions, Kerry straight-up says, basically, 'I'm not going to play that game', whereas most politicians would have spent two minutes dodging the question and saying nothing.]