This is how he made his reputation in the U.S. Senate, and many historians say it was his work on this Committee that vaulted him into consideration for the Vice Presidency and ultimately the Presidency of the United States.
McCaskill highlights Truman's legacy and its impact on his political career.
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I think that, fundamentally, voters do understand that we have very, very low unemployment. They see it in their families, that everybody has jobs, everybody can get jobs, their jobs are paying slightly better.
The culture wars? I've got to tell you, this time around, bring it, because I think that Democrats want to talk about abortion, and they want to talk about guns.
This is never a referendum. Presidential elections, by the time they run around, is always, 'well, who do you like slightly better than the two you don't like?' So it is a binary choice.
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