I think that the justices were totally answering the way that they should. I think that the senators, as best I could tell, for the most part, Democrat and Republican, respected that.
Fred ThompsonNow, being a POW certainly doesn't qualify anyone to be president. But it does reveal character. This is the kind of character that civilizations from the beginning of history have sought in their leaders.
Fred ThompsonAnd it's difficult for the average American to understand why something like that could be so important and why a little small place like Taiwan would be so important to the PRC
Fred Thompson