Cord Byrd: “If I could have him and Senator Hollings there to help me, I would feel like fighting rather than running. He is a…”

“If I could have him and Senator Hollings there to help me, I would feel like fighting rather than running. He is a genuinely congenial Senator and I have enjoyed my service here with him. We have often talked and discussed matters together. I value his friendship and his advice and counsel. I do not always follow it, but I certainly listen to what he has to say. I will say that I really was pleased to see him come on the floor, because he is one of those distinguished Members of the 'Republican response team,' and he is a very worthy one. He has been around here a while. I consider him as a formidable and respectable protagonist of the constitutional amendment to balance the budget. I think that answers the question, except there is one further matter he mentioned, the matter of having one eye. The giant in the story by Homer had one eye, and the distinguished Senator referred to the national debt, namely that an individual would need more than one eye to see the national debt because it is so high.”