John McCain will pay hundreds of dollars for his own shoes. But we're the ones who have to pay for his flip-flops.

We as a people, as a state, and as a community, have too much promise, too much potential, and too much at stake to go any other way than forward. We are too strong in our hearts, too innovative in our minds, and too firm in our beliefs to retreat from our goals.

Recognizing and preventing men's health problems is not just a man's issue. Because of its impact on wives, mothers, daughters, and sisters, men's health is truly a family issue.

We're a superpower with a third world grid.

[on compromise immigration bill] This is fundamentally flawed in its current form, and I would oppose it. We need bipartisanship, but we also need legislation that is compassionate. I’m not sure this is.

Natural gas is the future. It is here.

"Novels and gardens," she says. "I like to move from plot to plot."