You need to have people within your own party that have the wherewithal to stand up to you.

Actually we're very lucky John McCain is not in charge because I think we would be in perpetual war.

I do want to see an immigration compromise. And you can't have an immigration compromise if everybody's out there calling the president a racist.

Any time we give people the ability to use force, we have to be very careful. It's sort of like the people who spy on us - you've got to watch the watchers.

I'm an internationalist. I want to help others, not just kill terrorists.

I have allowed the president to pick his political appointees…But I will not sit quietly and let him shred the Constitution.

2007 was a long time ago, and events do change over long periods of time.