Political Quotes

“I have a commitment to the gentleman from Arizona, and I will honor that commitment both in speaking here and in dealing with these issues. Mr. President, the point I am making is this across-the-board meat axe approach has very serious consequences. Let's use prudence and delay them, I would hope, for at least 1 year or 2 years and not a matter of weeks. But I am saying, and I promise, we do have methods for getting our spending under serious discipline. I yield the floor, and I look forward to working with my colleagues. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Arizona. Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I thank the Senator from Maryland as always for her usual courtesy, and I think she had a very important message. I appreciate not only the words themselves but her eloquence and passion. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senator from South Carolina be included in a colloquy during my remarks. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Presidential Leadership Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I, as I believe all of us have, just finished watching the President's remarks at--I guess it was the Executive Office Building. I am not sure yet, as I sort out my impressions of the President's remarks, whether to be angry or to be saddened. I have been around this town for a number of years, and as is well known, I had more than an academic interest in the Presidency.…”