Mike Collins: “Thank you, Mr. Scott, for yielding. To be here, to hear just the accomplishments of Senator Isakson. He's one of the…”

“Thank you, Mr. Scott, for yielding. To be here, to hear just the accomplishments of Senator Isakson. He's one of the people that as you go along you find in life that you have to know him by title or you have to know him by last name, in the State of Georgia when you say, ``Johnny,'' everybody knows who you are talking about, especially when it comes to our politics. And for me to rattle off everything that has already been said, it is breathtaking what you have done and what you have accomplished from business to career, and those are the things that are worthy of the page in your life. But for many of us here, just as my friends were saying earlier, the Senator has a personal attachment to many of us, whether he realizes it or not. For those of us who come forward in public service, you need role models and mentors, and you hear about those who succeeded and failed and succeeded and failed, which is something many of us have to get used to, whether we want to or not. For me it is watching the Senator in the times when probably he didn't know he was being watched. There were times when I watched the Senator, as a young person in the State House in Georgia going to a meeting and they would recognize him and say, you know, Johnny is here, would he like to say a few words?…”