Political Quotes

“This past weekend, Republican Presidential hopeful Donald Trump did what he did best: He said something dishonest and really distasteful. In speaking about the senior Senator from Arizona, he mocked Senator John McCain, mocked his service in the Vietnam conflict. He went so far as to say John McCain was not a war hero. John McCain and I came to the House of Representatives the very same day, both new Members of the House. He was representing a district in Arizona and I my district in Nevada. We are neighbors. We served together in the House. We came here to the Senate at the same time. He is one notch ahead of me in seniority in this body because the State of Arizona has more people than Nevada. That is how seniority is determined, among other ways. John McCain was a naval pilot and comes from a family who served our country admirably in the military for decades--his grandfather and his father. On one of his first missions to Vietnam, John McCain was shot down and badly injured--broken back and arms. He was very badly hurt. He was placed in a Vietnamese concentration camp, where he spent almost 6 years. About half of that time was in solitary confinement, and many days and weeks of that were spent being punished, tortured, and rebreaking parts of his body that had been broken. John McCain, to me, is a hero. He is a person who has represented this country admirably in the Congress. He was a Republican nominee for President. America knows John McCain.…”