If we had pursued what President Nixon declared in 1970 as the war on cancer, we would have cured many strains. I think Jack Kemp would be alive today. And that research has saved or prolonged many lives, including mine.

As I think through the issue of funding the rebuilding of Iraq, I think about the analogy of a bankruptcy proceeding. There is no doubt that Iraq as a country is bankrupt.

It is with unwelcome frequency that I find myself the deciding vote.

My definition of winning at squash is playing and surviving, and I've never lost a match.

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

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.

When the students are occupied, they're not juvenile delinquents. I believe that education is a capital investment.