Cord Byrd: “I have served in this Senate for 44 years and in the Congress for 50 years. In my time in the Senate and in the House…”

“I have served in this Senate for 44 years and in the Congress for 50 years. In my time in the Senate and in the House, the Senator from Maryland--I don't have to say this; I don't owe the distinguished Senator from Maryland the tribute I am about to say, except it is honest and he is entitled to it. I admire this son of ancient Greece. He is a son of Athens. He is American. He grew up in this country. His parents came to this country. He knows what being an immigrants means. He is a Rhodes scholar. I can't say that about Robert Byrd. But this man from Maryland is a Rhodes scholar. He is a true son of Athens, a son of the people whom Socrates, Sophocles, and Plato were a part. He is one of the most thoughtful Senators I have ever seen. Paul Sarbanes was one who was always there. He was never out of the room.”