Joe Manchin: “I just truly want--I just care about the veterans.”

I truly believed that, if in power, Republicans would uphold the filibuster, the last guardrail preventing total partisan rule.

The pledge is simply this: that you remain independent and not be part of the Democrat or Republican system.

This is not right. She is the soul of America. She is the soul of the Senate, and he knows he needs more Susan Collins, no matter what side of the aisle they’re on.

We’re trying to build a true independent network.