Americans don't think we should be raising taxes on anybody, especially in the middle of a recession.

It's important to remember that some of our best sources in the war against radical Islamic terrorism are Muslims, both in America and overseas.

The classic example I've used - I'm sure you've heard me say it before - was Mark Begich in Alaska who was here for a full six years and never had a roll call vote on an amendment on the floor of the Senate, which Dan Sullivan tells me he used on virtually a daily basis. So the notion that protecting all of your members from votes is a good idea politically, I think, has been pretty much disproved by the recent [Barack Obama] election.

Public disclosure of campaign contributions and spending should be expedited so voters can judge for themselves what is appropriate.

We all know that Social Security is one of this country's greatest success stories in the 20th century.

Eventually, Americans would be stuck with government-run health care whether they like it or not. That's when the worst scenario would take shape, with Americans subjected to bureaucratic hassles, hours spent on hold waiting for a government service rep to take a call, restrictions on care, and, yes, lifesaving treatment and lifesaving surgeries denied or delayed.

The worst day of my political life was when President George W. Bush signed McCain-Feingold into law.