Whatever my party affiliation, I will continue to be guided by President Kennedy's statement that sometimes party asks too much.

The solicitor general is sometimes referred to as the 10th Supreme Court justice - a pretty important position.

We're all looking for a plan that will work. The current plan is not working, and 21,500 additional troops -- it's a snowball in July. It's not going to work.

I think my independence was a big help to getting Judges Roberts and Alito confirmed, and I think that's recognized.

As I think through the issue of funding the rebuilding of Iraq, I think about the analogy of a bankruptcy proceeding. There is no doubt that Iraq as a country is bankrupt.

How many members of Congress go face the people in a town meeting and are prepared to answer questions from the floor. That to me is the real litmus test.

Heart disease continues to be the number one killer; cancer, the number 2 killer, not far behind. The tragic aspect of these deadly diseases is that they could all be cured, I do believe, if we had sufficient funding.