Political Quotes

“this is a sad time for the Senate and our Nation. With the passing of John McCain, our country lost a legend, and this Senate has lost a towering figure. I have lost a friend. America owes John McCain and his family our gratitude and respect for his courage and sacrifice and for the trials he endured to serve the Nation he loved. John McCain entered this world with big shoes to fill. His father and grandfather were four-star admirals in the U.S. Navy. John McCain met and exceeded his family legacy. I first met him 35 years ago, in 1982. We were brand-new freshmen Congressmen elected to the U.S. House. I spotted him on the other side of the floor in the Senate and, of course, I knew instantly who he was and worked up the courage to go over and introduce myself. Then, I asked him a favor. I said: John, would you consider doing a cable TV show that I could send back to my Central Illinois district? He said: Sure, I would be glad to. I thought: That is amazing--a Democratic Congressman asking a new Republican Congressman to help him back in his district, and John McCain said yes. It was the beginning of a friendship. That cable show wasn't shown beyond Central Illinois, but I still remember it and still thank John for his act of kindness. It was my first exposure to a unique style of communication that America would come to know as the ``Straight Talk Express.'' Sitting for that interview is a typically generous John McCain act, for which I am still grateful.…”