Jeff Flake: “I have always said if somebody is going to restrict my travel, it should be a Communist.”

I do hope that somebody runs to remind Republicans what it means to be conservative and to remind the country what it means to be decent, as well.

Any time that you stand and say, I own the shutdown, then you own it.

The president's pardon power is nearly absolute. And so, yes.

And as Mitt Romney said, I think we've fallen short in that regard.