Political Quotes

“I had a chance to be with her about 6 or 8 months ago, it seems to me, when she won an award in Northern Virginia and I was sort of the toastmaster of that evening. We had a very friendly conversation--as we often do. I talked to her about my father, who had likewise died from cancer. He was a medical doctor who devoted his life to others. We engaged briefly in a conversation. I said: It took great courage for you not to seek the Lieutenant Governor's post. She acknowledged that, and then, with a twinkle in her eye--she was a very attractive woman, by the way--she said: Yes. I thought about the Lieutenant Governor post because that was going to be a way stop to come and have a campaign against you, Senator Warner. And she could have waged a campaign against this old Senator that would give him a wakeup call, for sure. Our State has lost one of its shining stars, but that is God's will, and we must accept it. I share with the Senator our prayers for her family and her friends.”