I am, you know, a Democrat through and through. I've always voted Democratic. You know, that is where my heart lies.

It is not easy to stand up against your constituents or your friends or colleagues or your community and take a tough stand for something you believe is right. Because you always want to keep working and live to fight another battle and it might cost you your career.

I don't remember my father reading to me, but I remember him telling me bedtime stories. I got to pick what was in them, and then he'd make them up.

After my mom died, there was so much written about her fashion and her style and all that, and I felt that one of the most important parts of her was missing, her real intellectual curiosity.

To the extent that we are all educated and informed, we will be more equipped to deal with the gut issues that tend to divide us.

The happiest years of my mother's life were spent in Washington, D.C. It was where she met my father, where John was born and where I spent my earliest years.

Sharing the holiday with other people, and feeling that you're giving of yourself, gets you past all the commercialism.