As the saying goes, I have big heels to fill.

Too many people in America believe that if you are pro-choice that means pro-abortion. It doesn't. I don't want abortion. Abortion should be the rarest thing in the world. I am actually personally opposed to abortion. But I don't believe that I have a right to take what is an article of faith to me and legislate it to other people. That's not how it works in America.

It's pretty standard fare in political discourse. You misconstrue what somebody said. You isolate a statement, you lend your interpretation to it and then feign moral outrage. And Democrats have been doing it for years.

I commanded a naval gunboat patrolling the Mekong Delta. Then when I came home after two tours of duty, I decided that the same sense of service demanded something more of me.

I would rather be the candidate of the NAACP than the NRA.

We cannot continue to see the Middle East in the context of 9/11. We must see it in the context of 2011.

I'm motivated by my passion for our basic values, protecting our interests, and for protecting the future.