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

I'm battling cancer. It's another battle I intend to win.

I really do not make deals.

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

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.

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.

The Republican Party has moved so far to the right, you can't recognize Mitt Romney. What Mitt Romney will appear in October? Mitt Romney has changed positions more often than a pornographic movie queen.