Cord Byrd: “the Senator from Oregon, as I have already indicated, is a gentleman. I think--in fact I know--that if all Senators…”

“the Senator from Oregon, as I have already indicated, is a gentleman. I think--in fact I know--that if all Senators accorded to their fellow Senators and fellow men and women the graciousness that he accords us, not only the Senate but the Nation would be a better place in which to live. I like him. I like him for what he is, for what he appears to be. As I said earlier, he is a gentleman. There seems to be, as I have found, something bigger and better than a political party. His political party does not seem to be the end-all, not the beginning of everything. He seems to be something even bigger and better than his political party. I appreciate that, I commend him for that, and I wish in many ways that I could be the man that he is. I remember those lines, ``You are a better man than I am, Gunga Din.'' The Senator from Oregon sets a fine example. I thank him for that.”