As we move forward, I am looking for a new leader of the Chicago Police Department to address the problems at the very heart of the policing profession. The problem is sometimes referred to as "the thin blue line." The problem is other times referred to as "the code of silence." It is this tendency to ignore. It is the tendency to deny. It is the tendency, in some cases, to cover up the bad actions of a colleague or colleagues.

You may say I may be unfit to be mayor. But you can never say I'm an unfit mayor.

Because of the president’s leadership, every American will have access to affordable, quality health care.

The fact is, Bush's war policy has failed. It's failed! Who better to say so than Jack Murtha?

Whose leadership, whose judgment, whose values do you want in the White House when that lands like a thud on the oval office desk?

I do not believe that a counterterrorism strategy all by itself, without a sufficient level of counterinsurgency, will work.

As individuals, we will be judged in our lives by the totality of our actions. Not one thing will stand out. And I think that's how we get judged by our colleagues and that's how we get judged by the good lord.