Most people here agree that the rhetoric got overblown on both sides of the Atlantic before the Iraq war, and it was a disagreement among friends over the timing, not the substance, of the Iraq war.

S. Tanner received much of his knowledge of politics as a youth from his father E. Tanner was a founder of the Blue Dog Democrats and has denied rumors that he might switch parties and has an earned reputation as a moderate.

John S. Tanner serves as the Vice Chairman of Prime Policy Group. Representative for Tennessee's 8th congressional district serving from 1989 until 2011.