Ronald Reagan actually said...

This vote in the full Senate is a bipartisan rejection of the political posturing that marred the confirmation hearings.

Statement on the Senate Confirmation of William H. Rehnquist as Chief Justice and Antonin Scalia as Associate Justice of the...

09/16/1986

More Ronald Reagan Quotes

The Vice Chairman will serve as Acting Chairman of the JCS in the Chairman's absence.

He will outrank all other officers of the Armed Forces except the Chairman but is not considered by law a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staf...

The Vice Chairman, who must be confirmed by the Senate, will serve a 2-year term and can be reappointed.

I will miss his wise counsel.