Some in my party threaten to send a message that they don't know a just war when they see it, and more broadly that they're not prepared to use our military strength to protect our security and the cause of freedom.

In the 2000 presidential election Gore and Lieberman won the popular vote by a margin of more than 500000 votes but lost the deciding Electoral College to the Republican George W. S. But since his speech at the 2008 Republican National Convention in which he endorsed John McCain for president Lieberman no longer attended Democratic Caucus leadership strategy meetings or policy lunches.