John Thune: “There's a need for this and it seems like we've gotten kind of behind the eight ball.”

I’m a realist. But I feel good about where things stand.

I wouldn’t be where I am without Jim Abdnor.

We have to win this race…we're going to need all the hands on deck.

If the result is only achieved by nuking the legislative filibuster, we don’t have the votes to do that and so that’s not a — that’s just not a realistic option