Sen Orrin Hatch

The speech was brilliantly crafted, forcefully delivered and very specific about the benefits and the costs, while also dispelling the "bogus claims spread by those whose only agenda is to kill reform at any cost."

I arranged for Placido Domingo, the great tenor, to sing to Ted Kennedy on his 72nd B-day. Of course, Teddy loved to sing and joined in two-part harmony. He had a great baritone.

Hart Senate Office Building, Room 216 was the venue for a skirmish that at times got awfully mean. Judge Sonia came in earnest, her cards laid out on the table.

Americans are looking for new ways to serve their communities and give back to their country. Today's hearing on service will enable us to learn of new ways to provide those opportunities to serve.

Conventional wisdom says you must be either an advocate or a bridge-builder, but never both. Ted Kennedy, once again, proves the conventional wisdom wrong.