There's nothing more important than our good health - that's our principal capital asset.

Do you believe today that the right to privacy does exist in the Constitution?

Beating the tea party gang is more important than who does the beating.

When the president acts in absence of a congressional grant of authority, he can rely only upon his own independent powers. When the president takes measures incompatible with the express or implied will of Congress, his power is at its lowest ebb.

I'd make - before I'd elect somebody - I'd make him do town meetings and face the people and then I would insist that the person not run on a platform of no compromising. The meaningful thing that the leaders could do would be to be dedicated to a discussion across the isle, to vote their consciences and not to follow the strict party line. I think that would lead to sensible decisions.

I do come from a strong family.

Voting is fundamental in our democracy. It has yielded enormous returns.