Today I have withdrawn my candidacy for President of the United States. I hope that my country and my party have benefited from our having made this effort. Jeri and I will always be grateful for the encouragement and friendship of so many wonderful people.

That is, while we believe that cost-benefit analysis is an important tool to inform agency decision making, the results of the cost-benefit analysis do not trump existing law

There's a lot more to competence than a law degree and a modicum of courtroom skill.

Play hardball with Musharraf, but don't cut off US aid.

I'm not above acting like a seal every once in a while and waiting for the next fish, I just don't want to do it all the time.

So China will be having to make some choices as to whose side it wants to be on. Hopefully, this will be the beginning of a major improvement in our relationship with them, if they choose correctly

John McCain was a prisoner of war.