"I was an early supporter of the concept of military commissions and their use in the war on terror. I believed then and I still believe now that they are historically grounded and the proper forum to prosecute alleged terrorists."
"The problem with the way he chose to do this is that they dealt Congress out early on, and they paid a price in the court for that."
"I think we've reached a plea bargain with 11 million illegal aliens."
"We have to recognize that for several generations, people have made America home. And we've accepted the benefit of their labor."
"Are you really a closet bigot?"
"I know abortion is important. It's important to me. It's important to you. I know it's an important central concept in our jurisprudence. But we can't build a judiciary around that one issue. We can't..."
"Men and women, black and white, your colleagues who say that Sam Alito, whether I agree with him or not, is a really good man."
"The idea that our president or this administration took the law in their own hands and ignored the precedent of other presidents or case law and just tried to make a power grab, I don't agree with."
"As much as you and I dislike him, as mean a tyrant as he is and we know he'd kill us all tomorrow. I am so proud of you."
"It's one thing to go and commit a crime. It's another thing to, to flaunt it in front of the American people and never admit to your wrongdoing. If the president would have the character to come forwa..."
"Somebody that plays the games to the bitter end, tries to have it both ways, dances on the head of the pin, in my opinion, has forfeited their right to lead this country."