Political Quotes

“Today is the day of the ``great escape.'' The presumptive Republican Presidential nominee, Robert Dole, is leaving the U.S. Senate after 35 years of service on Capitol Hill. As a loyal Democrat, let me first salute Mr. Dole. His service to his country, both in World War II and since, has been exemplary. He has been a legislative leader, one that is virtually unparalleled in terms of his own party's leadership, and he has been at the table when many of the most important legislative achievements of the last several generations have been enacted, and I salute him for that. But I certainly do understand why he wants to escape from the 104th Congress, the Congress which the gentleman from Georgia [Mr. Gingrich] called his ``revolution.'' Take a look at what Mr. Dole is leaving behind as he leaves Washington, DC. First, the failure of this 104th Republican Congress to enact meaningful health insurance reform. Families that I speak to across the State of Illinois and around the country are justifiably concerned about the availability and cost of health insurance.”