Lincoln Chafee: “I want to say that when one receives complimentary remarks, the merit and the weight of those remarks depend a great…”

“I want to say that when one receives complimentary remarks, the merit and the weight of those remarks depend a great deal who they come from. When I receive such generous comments as I have just received from the distinguished Senator from West Virginia, whom he knows I long have had not only great admiration for but great affection for, and we have been in harness here together on many issues on the same side--on some issues we have been on the other side. To the Senator from West Virginia, I just want to say thank you very much for those very, very kind remarks. As he knows, one of the great pleasures I have had in this Chamber in serving in the U.S. Senate is the relationship I have had with Robert Byrd. I count myself very, very lucky. So I will treasure the kind comments he made. I further will say I think I'll believe them all, and if my children have any doubts about their father, I will tell them, ``Here is what Robert Byrd said about him.'' I will make sure they all get copies of it. I want to thank him very, very much.”