This Nuclear Option Is Ultimately An Example

And Since Our Country's Founding, We've Tried To Keep Government's Heavy Hand Out Of Our Personal Lives, While Ensuring That We Do The Most Important Thing, Which Is To Protect Those Who Cannot Protect Themselves.

I've Been A Strong Supporter Of Public Financing My Whole Career. I'm The First Guy To Introduce A Public Financing Bill To The United States Senate In 1973.

After 9-11, The President Had A Historic Opportunity To Unite Americans And The World In Common Cause. Instead, By Exploiting The Politics Of Fear, Instigating An Optional War In Iraq Before Finishing A Necessary War In Afghanistan And Instituting Policies On Torture, Detainees And Domestic Surveillance That Fly In The Face Of Our Values And Interests, President Bush Divided Americans From Each Other And From The World.

America Is The Promised Land, Because Each Generation Bequeathed To Its Children A Promise, A Promise That They Might Not Come To Enjoy But Which They Fully Expected Their Offspring To Fulfill. So The Words 'all Men Are Created Equal' Took A Life Of Its Own, Ultimately Destined To End Slavery And Enfranchise Women. And The Words 'equal Protection' And 'due Process' Inevitably Led To The End Of The Words 'separate But Equal,' Ensuring That The Walls Of Segregation Would Crumble, Whether At The Lunch Counter Or At The Voting Booth.

You Know You're A Success When You Look At Your Kids And Realize They Turned Out Better Than You.