Al Franken: “I was a part of that class. I was a little late getting here, my colleagues will recall. But I was part of that class…”

“I was a part of that class. I was a little late getting here, my colleagues will recall. But I was part of that class and campaigned with the class, and I remember being with Mark Udall and Tom Udall and Mark Begich at a campaign event, and they kind of looked at me and said: So your dad wasn't like a public servant. I said: No. And they said: Well, that is unusual. No, no, that is fine. What a lot of people don't know about Mark is his father died very famously in a plane crash. Mark is the only Member of this body, I believe, who did not graduate from college, did not go to college. There are a lot of things about Mark--and Mark Warner just referred to it--he was a chief executive. We need more mayors here. Sometimes we say we need more diversity. Sometimes we say we need more women. God knows we need more satirists-- but mayors, wow. Having that mayor's perspective--Cory Booker looking a little smug--is very useful. Mike Enzi, a mayor--am I forgetting a mayor?”