I think it's an urgent plea for us all to sit down together.

The only way you approach politics and seek elective office is to move forward. For me to look back in anger or with any rancor would be a mistake.

It's impossible to imagine the Democratic Party seeking a pro-life, free-trading, non-protectionist deficit hawk.

Nothing in life is more liberating than to fight for a cause larger than yourself, something that encompasses you but is not defined by your existence alone.

We cannot forever hide the truth about ourselves from ourselves.

Democrats proposing failure in Iraq by withdrawing.

While I support a more comprehensive bill and hope a more extensive package will eventually past the Senate, I also am a realist and know that we must not let the perfect bill be the enemy of real reform.