With local control, he said, politics can get in the way.

"That's always the case when politics gets into the picture."

No relief effort will work if war and politics get in the way.

I just don't think we can afford to let politics get in the way of this.

Still, he says his wife and three children were worried that politics could get him killed.

He said, "I welcome you to the nation's capital, where sometimes politics gets in the way of doing the people's business."

"The politics I'm still getting an education on," he said.

But let's think why American politics has gotten such a bad name.

What the hell has politics got to do with any of this?

I think politics has gotten in the way of a good result here, and it's too bad.