Compromise today is too often applauded simply for itself. The cost of compromise to principles and real lives doesn't seem to matter.

My job is to stay alive until the medicine and research catch up.

You know, there are no guarantees on prognosis.

Successful health reform must not just make health insurance affordable, affordable health insurance has to make health care affordable.

What happened after Katrina is that people were stirred to action; there were an enormous number of contributions by people trying to make a difference. But then we forget. We've forgotten Katrina victims, we've forgotten the face of poverty.

She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails.

You know, everybody knows some of what politicians say is malarkey, and having somebody there to call them on it is good. I'd be happy to do that any time and any place.