I love the guy, and I have learned an enormous amount from him. He is one of those people who really, every day, try to say: What is the right thing to do--not the easy thing to do, not the expedient thing to do, but what is the right thing to do? And he tries to do it. He is the kind of person where we go to the Bible study group that meets about every Thursday with the Chaplain and some of our colleagues, and we are always reminded by Barry Black that the Golden Rule is treat other people the way we want to be treated. It is the cliff notes of the New Testament, and George really personifies that. He treats everybody the way he would want to be treated. He is a person who focuses on excellence in everything he has done-- as mayor, as Governor, and here in the U.S. Senate--and he is always looking for ways to do better what he does and calls on the rest of us to do the same.
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The speaker reflects on his relationship with George Voinovich and his character.
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