Arlen Specter actually said...

It is of critical importance that whatever we do legislatively, we get it right.

I think that is really the generalization, although I would not mind looking backward if there is a reason to do so.

When this idea of the so-called truth commission first surfaced, I said it was unnecessary because you had a change in administration.

I have repeatedly said on the Senate floor that the period from 9/11/2001 to the end of the Bush administration has seen the greatest expans...