I just was not going to subject my record to the bleak prospects of a primary election.

Heart disease continues to be the number one killer; cancer, the number 2 killer, not far behind. The tragic aspect of these deadly diseases is that they could all be cured, I do believe, if we had sufficient funding.

No senator's vote, except for the declaration of war or the authorization for the use of force, is more important than the confirmation of a nominee for the Supreme Court for a lifetime appointment.

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

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

When the 14th Amendment, equal protection clause was enacted, the galleries in the Senate were segregated. Now we have integration.

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