Political Quotes

“the Collins vote, which just took place a few minutes ago, was a vote that was, for lack of a better description, just a show vote. The Collins supporters won. That was their victory, and it is the first time since the historic vote of Senator Feinstein in 1993 dealing with assault weapons that the NRA has been in a situation where they can't declare a victory. They lost this one. But I would hope now the Republican leader will bring the Collins compromise to a vote here on the floor--a real vote. Today's vote was kind of like heads I win, tails you lose, because for the supporters of the Collins amendment, that was it with them because it guaranteed that even if Collins supporters won the vote, it wouldn't advance. But we did. We won the vote. Collins won that vote. It is really too bad that the Republican leader worked so hard to defeat the bipartisan compromise put forward by the brave senior Senator from Maine. But despite the efforts of the majority, now the Republican leadership has a responsibility to bring the Collins bill to this floor for a real vote, not a fake vote--a vote that provides the bill a real chance to advance. I sure hope we have that opportunity. It is the right thing for the country. The country agrees that something has to be done. Even though it wasn't a big victory, it was a victory.…”