Tolerance of dissent is the hallmark of a mature party, and it is well past time for the Republican Party to grow up.

As almost anyone with war experience knows, you're never supposed to show the enemy what you won't do to win.

Women need the education and training, particularly since more and more women are heads of their households, as much or more than anybody else...And it's hard for them to leave their families when they don't have somebody to take care of them....It's a vicious cycle that's affecting women, particularly in a part of the country like this, where mining is the mainstay; traditionally, women have not gone into that line of work, to say the least.

I know the veterans. I know them well. And I know that they know that I'll take care of them. And I've been proud of their support and their recognition of my service to the veterans.

The core political values of our free society are so deeply embedded in our collective consciousness that only a few malcontents, lunatics generally, ever dare to threaten them.

Only a fool or a fraud talks tough or romantically about war.

I do believe my view has evolved.