General Jack Keane, one of the architects of the surge, later associated that he tried to persuade Clinton of its deserves at the time, but that she felt it would not succeed and that U.S. casualties can be too high. Keane mentioned that someday throughout 2008 she told him, "You have been proper, this actually did work". Gates additionally quotes Clinton as saying, "The Iraq surge worked." Clinton responded that Gates had misinterpreted her remark regarding the explanation for her opposition. She promised to co-sponsor legislation that may abolish it, ensuing within the direct election of the president.