SPEAKING ON CNN ON MARCH 19, 2003, THE DAY THE IRAQ WAR BEGAN, BIDEN ACKNOWLEDGED DEMOCRATS' "FRUSTRATION" WITH BUSH'S DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS BUT SAID, "I THINK IT'S TIME WE STOP ALL THAT. WE HAVE ONE SINGLE FOCUS. AND THAT IS, WE'RE ABOUT TO SEND OUR WOMEN AND MEN TO WAR. THE PRESIDENT IS THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. WE VOTED TO GIVE HIM THE AUTHORITY TO WAGE THAT WAR. WE SHOULD STEP BACK AND BE SUPPORTIVE."; -George McGovern