It costs about $27 million to win a seat in the United States Senate, so when you win one, you like to sit down.

It has been my experience that the hearings are really, in effect, a subtle minuet, with the nominee answering as many questions as he thinks necessary in order to be confirmed.

The essence of a democracy is a free electorate.

You know, a statesman is a dead politician.

It's a rarity when someone takes a political risk in Washington today in the public interest.

To put more American personnel in harm's way without a realistic chance for success is something I'm not in favor of. And a realistic chance for success depends upon having the Iraqis with the will and the ability to fulfill their share of the bargain, and so far they have not.

Separation of power says the judiciary committee is supposed to confirm qualified judges and then what the Supreme Court does, that is their function, not my function.