Harry Reid: “It is my understanding that the senior Senator from Tennessee wishes to speak for another 10 minutes, is that right?”

He has no regrets. He says he had to do it to save Obama’s presidency because of what the Republicans were doing to obstruct the president’s confirmation of judges and other legislative things.

I didn’t have success because of my good looks, or because I was a genius. I had success because I worked harder than anybody else.

Let ‘em do it. Why in the world would we care? We were trying to protect everybody.

The portraits of Senator Harry Reid and Senator Ted Stevens are the first additions to the leadership series since 2011.