Political Quotes

“every time I see the Presiding Officer introducing the prayer and directing the attention of the Senate to follow the Presiding Officer in reciting the pledge of allegiance, it brings back to me a lot of memories. When I first came to the Senate, we had several of Members of Congress who had been to war. Now that is not the case. We all look at John McCain with such idealism of what he did in the Vietnam war. There are others but there aren't many, and to have now the Presiding Officer having not only been to war but being a general and having led hundreds of people from Montana to war, I am sure when that Pledge of Allegiance is said by the Presiding Officer, your feelings are a little different from anyone else's because during those bitter battles in Iraq, members of your unit were killed and injured. So even though we don't say much publicly about the new addition to the Senate, I want the record to reflect that the people of Montana are so fortunate to have this patriot here in the Senate. We will miss Max Baucus tremendously. He was my friend. But I am really impressed with the Presiding Officer and--I repeat--his having been not only a warrior but a general who led a lot of warriors in war. ____________________”