ToughDove wrote: "I, for one, am ready and willing to talk about the adverse impact the lobby and Israel itself has had on American foreign policy."

This might be a good time then for you to explain to us all why you reportedly tried to get Phil to drop the subject of the Jewish lobby's power.

Of course you are entitled to the opinion that the prospect of pogroms for American Jewry is more pressing than any damage the lobby may be doing to America and the world. But if that's what you really think you should be open about it, because many of us consider it a highly controversial (if not neurotic) position.