It's wrong, it's corrosive to our democracy, and it's a threat to our future.
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Statement on Senate Action on Campaign Finance Legislation
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Being here in Tucson, I'm thinking about my friend John McCain. I mean, one of the most disturbing things about this election and, and Donald Trump's rise in politics is how we seem to have set aside the values that people like a John McCain stood for.
I just wanted to let you know, I could not be prouder of you, the kind of campaign you've conducted.
Some of you know when I was growing up, I didn't have a father in the house. But I did have people around me, stepfather, grandparents, teachers, coaches and most of all my mother, who tried to teach me the difference between right and wrong, who showed me what it meant to be honest and responsible to work hard, to treat other people the way I wanted to be treated.





