Ocupation: United States Senator
Life: b. February 20, 1942
Birthday: February 20
I think some of our members may have thought the default issue was a hostage you might take a chance at shooting. Most of us didn’t think that. What we did learn is this - it’s a hostage that’s worth ransoming. And it focuses the Congress on something that must be done.
source: "In debt deal, the triumph of the old Washington" by David A. Fahrenthold, Lori Montgomery and Paul Kane, www.washingtonpost.com. August 3, 2011.
topic: Thinking, Issues, Done, Conservative Values