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

We are not utilizing the Iraqi oil for U.S. purposes. We are not asking that the Iraqi oil be used to pay our military expenses. We are asking only that the Iraqi oil be used to rebuild Iraq - that is, to rebuild Iraq for the Iraqi people.

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.

If you can get people to laugh, you can get people to listen.

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

I think my independence was a big help to getting Judges Roberts and Alito confirmed, and I think that's recognized.

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.