Harry Reid: “the Senator from Alaska is certainly one to talk about friendship. I say that very seriously. When I was a Member of the…”

“the Senator from Alaska is certainly one to talk about friendship. I say that very seriously. When I was a Member of the House of Representatives, a man by the name of Alan Bible, who was 20 years a Senator here, died. And, of course, the procedure was that an airplane was supplied to Members of Congress to go to Nevada for the funeral. The only person on that airplane, other than me, was Senator Ted Stevens. He was there as a result of his friendship with Alan Bible. Particularly, one vote that Senator Stevens remembers was very hard for Alan Bible to cast. As a result of that, Senator Stevens traveled 1 day 6,000 miles to repay what he felt was a debt he owed to a dead man. So Senator Stevens is gracious in extending compliments to Senator Inouye, which Senator Inouye deserves. But Senator Stevens, in my book, is someone who knows what friendship means.”