'He's a lying MF-er,' Graham said of Trump, with a what-can-you-do shrug, 'but also a lot of fun to hang out with. … He could kill 50 people on our side, and it wouldn't matter,' Graham said. Their reasoning was simple. He was the…

it is an issue. So, you either engage, or you are going to have a political problem.

I've been consistent. I think state should decide the issue of marriage and state should decide the issue of abortion. I have respect for South Carolina, South Carolina voters here I trust to define marriage and to deal with the issue of…

The world pretty much has spoken on this issue. As to your particular case, there will be exceptions for life of the mother and rape and incest.

How dare they use the phrase pro-life? This is not pro-life, because, if you open your eyes, and look around, think of all the children without homes, without love, without care, desperate for a chance.

Lindsey Graham wants to remake the country and South Carolina's image with a nationwide abortion ban.

Here’s what I would say the world pretty much has spoken on this issue.

Lindsey Graham's proposed 15-week national ban on abortion has exposed a rift in the Republican Party.

I would ban abortion nationally after 15 weeks.

If we take back the house and the Senate, I can assure you we`ll have a vote on our bill. If the Democrats are in charge, I don`t know if we`ll ever have a vote on our bill.

I think we should have a law at the federal level that would say after 15 weeks no abortion on demand, you have states have the ability to do at state level and we have the ability in Washington to speak on this issue if we choose.

If we take back the House and the Senate, I can assure you we'll have a vote on our bill.

Give me a chance to vote on this bill.

The point I`m trying to make as I`ve been consistent, I think state should decide the issue of marriage and state should decide the issue of abortion. Here`s what I think, I think we should have a law at the federal level that would say…

What he has done is he's made that argument now, front and center.

There`s going to be a genuine effort to bring reform to a problem that`s been going on well, before President Obama.

We should have a law at the federal level that would say after 15 weeks, no abortion on demand, except in cases of rape, incest, to save the life of the mother. And that should be where America`s at. I look forward to the debate. I look…

Sen. Graham Proposes 15- Week Federal Abortion Ban After Republicans Have Repeatedly Said Issue Should Be Left To States.

I am 66, soon will be 67. I have a good salary. I have a military retirement. I have a congressional pension plan. If you asked me to take a little less to save Social Security for people who need it more than I do, count me in.

If there`s a Republican president in 2016 and a vacancy occurs in the last year of the first term, you can say Lindsey Graham said, let`s let the next president, whoever it might be, make that nomination, and you could use my words against…

The point I`m trying to make is I`ve been consistent. I think states should decide the issue of marriage and states should decide the issue of abortion.

And I think we should have a law at the federal level that would say after 15 weeks, no abortion on demand, and that should be where America`s at.

If there’s a Republican president in 2016 and a vacancy occurs in the last year of the first term, you can say Lindsey Graham said, let’s let the next president, whoever it might be, make that nomination, and you could use my words against…

I think we should have a law at the federal level that would say, after 15 weeks, no abortion on demand.

This is the election. The election is whether women are going to have equal rights and be full citizens.