I knew what leukemia and lymphoma were, but I had never heard of multiple myeloma.

Personal religious convictions have no place in political campaigns or in dictating public policy.

politics can be an ugly game, and in a national election the stakes get higher while the tactics get lower.

If you think somebody cares about you and believes your life is worth saving, how can you give up?

I should have had a circuitous answer; that was a non-answer.

We are a religious nation because we do not have a state religion, because the government guarantees freedom of religion but has no role in religion, because not only do we tolerate our religious differences, we celebrate them.

Well of course Bush got Kentucky, because it's a Republican city.