Don Bacon: “Do I vote to protect people’s taxes from going up? Do I get our military protected? Do I improve our border security and…”

[I]t's important to put down a clear, bipartisan marker that we follow state certifications, seat certified winners and preserve trust in the institution.

I heard all the time, ‘do something’ — yeah, well, I’ve got to do something smart.

We’ve lost what’s made us great.

I think it was important for him to level with the American people. This is going to be a tough fight.