Who said it? In preparation for the Edwards/Cheney debate, let's play a little game. Here's a quotation, and you see if you can figure out who said it. Here's our first one:

If [the president] "doesn't really cut defense, he becomes the No. 1 special pleader in town...The severity of the deficit is great enough that the president has to reach out and take a whack at everything to be credible...If you're going to rule out the other two [Social Security cuts and a tax increase], then you've got to hit defense."