Cord Byrd: “I have been greatly troubled by it, as I am sure other Senators have been. Napoleon--who is not particularly one of my…”

“I have been greatly troubled by it, as I am sure other Senators have been. Napoleon--who is not particularly one of my idols--and Josephine had a child on March 20, 1811. And when he was told by the doctors that the infant or the mother might have to be sacrificed, he revealed all the warmth of the human instincts and the instincts of family when he answered, ``Save the mother.'' Mr. President, as a father and as a grandfather, I would never want to be cast into that excruciating position. But if I were, I would answer as did Napoleon: ``Save the mother.''”