I've run for statewide office plenty of times, and people know me.

What you don't see on television is people dying today because they can't get to a doctor and they can't afford prescription drugs. That's why they are also dying. They are dying in Iraq because they are poor and they have gone into the military because they can't afford to go to college. They're dying because they're living in communities where asthma rates are extremely high because the air is filthy. The suffering of the poor and working class people is a virtual nonissue for the media. But that is the reality.

Prescription drug prices are skyrocketing and one-third of all seniors depend on Social Security for at least 90% of their income.

What kind of nation are we when we give tax breaks to billionaires, but we can't take care of the elderly and the children.

We had the opposition of virtually the entire Democratic leadership in every state in this country.

When you look at somebody like a Netanyahu, to simply not understand that this is a right-wing politician, a guy who kind of crashed the United States Congress to give his speech there, ignoring President Obama, not even consulting with him, using it for political purposes back home, a guy who has supported the youth - the growth of settlement, I think the - the overreaction and the destruction of Gaza went too, too far. Israel should not be bombing schools or homes, just terrible damage there.

I have known Secretary [Hillary] Clinton for 25 years and respect her very much.