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.

I've been in a lot of elections.

As a matter of traditional and sound constitutional doctrine, an amendment to the Constitution should be the last resort when all other measures have proved inadequate.

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.

My change in party will enable me to be re-elected.

If Romney wants to make me responsible for ObamaCare, I've said I would be proud to be responsible for it.

I am opposed to anybody making a decision for you or me or anybody else about what health care plan we should have.