[this is just horrible]

According to a statistical study of mortality rates in Iraq, there have been roughly 665,000 extra deaths there since our invasion on March 20, 2003. That's more than 500 deaths a day. The study will be published in The Lancet, the UK's premier journal of medicine.

That's 2.5 percent of the population that is simply gone. One out of every 40 people. If the United States lost an equivalent number, that number would be 7.5 million.

When the president says we'll stay the course, please be aware that this is the course we're on.