Excellent, we're on the same page. There's nothing wrong with a healthy dose of skepticism, as long as you're willing to embrace the actual truth of the matter when the time comes. [Of course, he already thinks the time's come, but whatever. Small steps, ok?]

You seem to have made everyone quite upset, though. I think you might've brought a bit too much politics into the conversation. For future reference, as an Irishman, I'm not liable to take an American senator seriously. And some of us aren't even from a place where America is... well, anything. At all. No offense.