Political Quotes

“That letter, together with the endorsement of other recognized medical organizations and physicians in my State, corroborated my own findings. For that reason I am privileged and pleased to cast my vote for the nominee. I regret, however, that he does not hold all the views that I hold. Particularly, I am opposed to partial-birth abortion and have consistently and will consistently vote to try to end that tragic practice. But we cannot expect this nominee or the nominee for Secretary of State or Defense to hold views which are consistent in their entirety with the views of individual Senators. I have been here, this is my 19th year now. I have cast many votes for nominees, and often you do so based on the totality of the credentials. Mr. President, I will ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record other documentation which I feel is important to this nomination and those reviewing it, and indicate in my own personal judgment we are fortunate to have a man of this depth of experience and dedication, who could obviously earn many times over a Government salary in private practice, to step forward and volunteer to help the ever-increasing problems associated with America's health system.”