I'm part of a community that holds each other up, and it's been great to be held up too.

A lot of sad stories in a row - that wears on you.

I think that we're foolhardy to not be engaging in federal funding of stem-cell research in the most aggressive way we possibly can.

I think I did marry a marvelous man.

Sometimes you get politicians who dig their feet into the sand and aren't willing to listen to another voice.

Everybody makes personal decisions that are right for them and if you're in political life, you're used to having those analyzed.

You're young. Maybe there'll be time for a do-over if you don't get it right the first time. But there are no guarantees. There will come a time as it has for me when there's no time for a do-over.