It's not long-term debt if the money is immediately paid back.

More that members of Senate know about Medicaid, in many ways, the harder it is to make that final decision, because you have got so much information, and you know how many other things are impacted here by one decision here that, five decisions later, has made a big difference in somebody's life.

You are more committed to things that you give money to - whether it is a church or a politician.

I'm interested in being part of a majority in the Senate.

It takes leaders to grow other leaders.

I think health care reform is challenging and challenged. We will see what happens, but this is a difficult topic that touches every American family. And the more members of the Senate and the House both know about it, I think the harder it is to reach that conclusion you would like to get to.

There isn't any real science to say we are altering the climate path of the earth.