Madeleine Dean: “Mr. McCarthy just simply has no credibility.”

I didn't want to fall into the trap of contorting myself in order to support a candidate who had succeeded in a primary.

That's not the kind of person we want as a senator.

He has disqualified himself in my eyes. He is not qualified to be a representative, a senator.

We aren't voting on bills right now that would reduce the sky-high costs of food, fuel, health care, or addressing the President's war in Iran. Instead, we're considering a bill that was deadly and dangerous in the past, in the ‘70s.