Neither this nation nor this party can afford a candidate so captive to the demands of the intolerant right that we end up re-electing a president of the incompetent left.

When the 14th Amendment, equal protection clause was enacted, the galleries in the Senate were segregated. Now we have integration.

I just was not going to subject my record to the bleak prospects of a primary election.

I must say I am not pleased to have to arrange the Senate schedule around the availability of Senators who are running for President.

Resolutions are flying like snowflakes around here.

But one way or another, judges perform a very vital function in our society. They have a risky job and they are entitled to security.

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