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.

A devastating commentary on the war in Iraq is that we have been unable to spend money on infrastructure.

I'm strongly for a patient Bill of Rights. Decisions ought to be made by doctors, not accountants.

Jewish voters care. They want someone who's good on Israel and who's good on Jewish issues. But they also want somebody who's going to be pro-choice and pro-gun control and pro-gay rights. To the vast majority of the Jewish community, just being good on Israel or on Jewish issues is not enough.

Substantively Democrats are much closer to where the American people are than Republicans are.

Crime can be a unifying argument - not an argument that people use as a code for us vs. them.

The currency bill we have would finally do something for China`s rapacious policies.