Political Quotes

“Mr. President, when I learned that Johnny Isakson would be retiring at the end of the year, I was saddened. I served with Johnny for a long time, not just here in the Senate, where we were both freshmen Members in 2005, but in the House of Representatives as well, and I have been honored to call him my friend. It is really hard for me to imagine Congress without Johnny. He is, hands down, as I have said, the nicest person ever to serve in the U.S. Senate. He is a model of decency and graciousness and the kind of person who can fight hard every day for the principles that he believes in without ever developing any rancor toward his political opponents. He is not just kind and decent. He is also a tremendously effective legislator. He is deeply knowledgeable on a whole range of issues, and he possesses the gift of being able to explain complicated subjects in a very clear way. He gets things done. He doesn't stand around talking about things or playing to the cameras. He just rolls up his sleeves and gets to work, and he makes things happen. If there was a decency index and we were all rated on that decency index on a scale of 1 to 10, Johnny would be the perfect 10. Anybody who knows Johnny knows that he has a real passion for people and he has a real passion for veterans. I had the opportunity to work with Johnny on a couple of important issues. We served together on the Senate Finance Committee.…”