My strong preference has always been to legislate when I can get legislation done.

In the wealthiest nation on Earth – no illness or accident should lead to any family’s financial ruin.

Since I've been in the Senate, is that my work with people like Tom Coburn on opening up transparency in government, making sure that every dollar the federal government spends that's out there - that that's all posted on a searchable database on the Internet.

When I was in Washington, I would usually get home from the Capitol at about 7:30 or 8, and I would try to write as much as possible. It was almost all in the wee hours.

It was as if he had come to mistrust words somehow. Words, and the sentiments words carried.

We had a farewell dinner for some of my senior staff, and generally everybody likes to talk about how cool I was.

If we can't meet with our friends, I don't know how we're going to lead the world in terms of dealing with critical issues like terrorism.