Guess what? I just went to a wedding of a friend of mine who happens to be gay.

Politics can not only be drudgery and Captain Queeg with the balls in his hands.

I think in Washington we have bigger issues than people being outraged by somebody else's tweet. They need to look themselves in the mirror and figure out whether they're serving the country or they're serving their party or their own interests.

This is not about Republican or Democrat. It is about our children, it's about our families, it is about our country, and frankly, ladies and gentlemen, it is about the world. We've got to leave here and march, and make sure Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are president and vice president of the United States.

A leader has a sound program, has a good policy, and then brings people together to solve problems.

Do you think that I like to have to fight the leaders in my own party over this or that? Of course not. There's no joy in that. But John Kennedy may have said it best - sometimes my party asks too much.

We have to solve the encryption problem. It is not easy.