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'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.

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.

As the Republican Party has moved farther and farther to the right, I have found myself increasingly at odds with the Republican philosophy and more in line with the philosophy of the Democratic Party.

When Pat Robertson says there is no constitutional doctrine of separation of church and state, I say he is wrong.

My tenure in the Senate was really as an independent and whichever, regardless of party label.

You know, a statesman is a dead politician.