Harry Reid: “I would simply say, I do not want those people who may have to miss a vote Monday night for other reasons to think they…”

I didn't make it in life because of my athletic prowess. I didn't make it because of my good looks. I didn't make it because I'm a genius. I made it because I worked hard.

But the purpose of politics that Harry Reid understood very well is to get stuff done.

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.

Never in the history of the country, never in the history of the country have we produced more for a president and somebody that’s led his party than we’ve done together.