Well, I think it's too early to call Fallujah a failure.

Inaction is perhaps the greatest mistake of all.

The thing I'd want people to say about me is that, in some way, I helped bring the Senate and the Congress back to what it used to be, the people's branch of government, doing things that made a difference in people's lives. I have devoted my life to government.

The greatest problem America faces is the decline of middle class incomes.

Republicans always try to paint Democrats as weak on defense. This time, they can't. After all, Mitt Romney's idea of an overseas accomplishment is sending U.S. jobs there.

I think teaching should be an exalted profession, not a picked-on profession.

We need to make sure middle-class people are able to pay the bills. We need to make sure that poor people don't starve. Those are values, too.