Jack Kingston: “Nancy Coverdell has lost a great husband, as has the Coverdell family lost a great member. The United States of America…”

“Nancy Coverdell has lost a great husband, as has the Coverdell family lost a great member. The United States of America has lost a great Senator. Georgia has lost a great leader and the Republican party in Georgia has lost the father of our party. Paul Coverdell was the minority leader in the State Senate. He was the State Republican party chairman. He was the official Georgia connection to the Bush White House. He was the director of the Peace Corps. He was the United States Senator, and then also in the great Bush-Coverdell legacy, the official contact for the George W. Bush campaign. He put our party on the map, and the reason I underscore that is, I believe the State and its citizens are better for it. I believe that having two parties gives our voters every day a choice, and I believe I am a better Republican because of Democrat opposition. I hope that our Democrat counterparts, and I am sure they will agree, they would say they are better Democrats because of Republican opposition. The State, indeed, is the winner.”