I think George Mitchell was good for Maryland in the sense that he helped me get elected. It doesn't get any better than that from here on.

Martha Pope herself is a legend within the institution, and he was enormously supportive. And me and the women candidates.

We don't have a caucus, because we differ on so many views. Some of us are pro-choice, some are not. We'll take the issue of drilling, for example: Lisa Murkowski would want to drill in ANWAR, Maria Cantwell, Barbara Boxer, and most of us would say no, and so we don't. But we get together once a month for dinner, and we have three rules: no memos, no staff, and no leaks; and we get together for friendship. In fact, we're having a dinner tonight. We just have drinks and talk about life and times.

I will fight in the United States Senate this year to fund a servicing mission to Hubble by 2008, a mission that would potentially increase Hubbles power and efficiency by a factor of 10 and allow us to look back almost to the beginning of the universe.

When we stand up for America, we stand up for what America stands for, which is a safety net for our seniors and really helping our families be able to help themselves

Family responsibility, yes, and always. Family bankruptcy due to the cruel rules of government, no.

When you're up in Maine, there is Canada, I mean it's looking right at you; it's a different viewpoint.