Although there apparently were enough votes to approve the security pact even without the compromise, al-Maliki's government, as well as Shiite and Kurdish leaders, wanted to work out the political reform deal with the Sunni Arabs so there could be national unity on the security pact.
And we have had, from the outset of this administration, through a lot of work -- working with great powers and others around the world -- a high degree of unity on this.