Barack Obama: “Today's vote is yet another reminder of the urgent need to pass legislation that would help America transition to a…”

Listen, hypocrisy is progress.

Every president here today, as different as we are, has tried our best to uphold the values that John McCain and Mitt Romney believed in no less than I did.

In forming our union, the founders fell terribly short of the Declaration's promise, leaving slavery intact, allowing states to restrict the franchise to white men who owned property.

Your task is not to impose litmus tests.