Mark Warner actually said...

"MARK WARNER, Virginia"

"If you take away Minority resistance, the role the Majority Leader and his senior leadership plays vastly changes in the whole game."

"I cannot in any way explain to folks in Virginia, why in a kind of a secret way someone can put somebody's future on hold indefinitely makes any sense."

"I look forward to working with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to try bring a little--while respectful of the Senate's traditions and respectful of Minority rights--a little more rationality ..."