I am who I am. I'm going to speak my mind.

Well, we certainly need to raise the retirement age. I've told my 19-year-old and my 22-year-old that they're not going to be getting retirement benefits at age 62.

I don't believe in deadlines, I don't believe in telling the enemy when we're going to withdraw.

I wont use abortion as a litmus test with a pro-choice individual. Someone that is an activist on the abortion issue, I think, goes outside the pale, and I cannot support an activist on the abortion issue.

In my political career, I'd like to see a constitutional balanced budget amendment.

What I have said is that I think the federal government and we as a society have come too far in trying to separate good organizations that perform good functions for people just based on the fact one has a religious association and one doesn't.

We've got to make sure our younger workers understand that as life expectancy increases, the retirement date for benefits increases also.