Cord Byrd: “I have supplied them with this shirt pocket copy. I will refer to it as the ``shirt pocket copy.'' Alexander the Great…”

“I have supplied them with this shirt pocket copy. I will refer to it as the ``shirt pocket copy.'' Alexander the Great put foremost, among all books, among all histories and among all literature, ``The Iliad.'' Alexander the Great's copy of ``The Iliad'' was referred to as the ``casket copy.'' He slept with ``The Iliad'' under his pillow. I do not sleep with the Constitution under my pillow, but I carry it next to my heart, the Constitution of the United States. Now, let's read for a moment the preamble of the Constitution. Those who have shirt pocket copies, take out your Constitutions; and those of you who don't happen to have a shirt pocket copy, take the Constitution off the desk or the shelf, if it is nearby. The Preamble reads as follows: WE THE PEOPLE of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union-- Now, the President of the United States has said he wants to set a new tone in Washington: Do away with partisanship; do away with all the quibbling, the argumentation, as it were, to form a more perfect union.”