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...retire. Standing in a gallery just off the marbled floors of the Kentucky capitol, Ford told a crowd of weeping supporters in 1997 that the prospect of raising $100,000 a week to be competitive in the next year's race had persuaded him to make his fourth term his last. "The job of being a U.S. Senator today has unfortunately become a job of raising money to be re-elected instead of a job doing the people's business," he said. In a trademark bit of humor, he added, "Mrs. Ford won't let me bring anyone home...
...bowed to the one immutable reality of Kentucky politics: Republicans can't win without the support of Mitch McConnell, the Senate minority leader who has long since surpassed Ford as the state's preeminent politician. For months, McConnell quietly raised doubts about Bunning's intention to seek a third term, doubts that proved to be more than enough to dry up his contributions...
...Whoever the opponents are next year, McConnell's maneuvering has erased any doubt who is in control of almost all things Republican in the Bluegrass State. But there remains a wild card: McConnell is certainly not in control of Jim Bunning. And by forsaking a third term, Bunning gains something else: he's now officially a man with nothing to lose, which to McConnell must be a scary thought...
...things have changed. I mean, for instance you were very much against an individual mandate. Could you describe how your thinking has evolved on this issue as you've sort of gotten - and also at the time you defined success as universal coverage by the end of your first term. I feel pretty good that I've been pretty consistent on this. The individual mandate is probably the one area where I basically changed my mind. The more deeply I got into the issue, the more I felt that the dangers of adverse selection justified us creating a system that...
...billion. As circumstances had it, President Bush and the previous Congress hadn't dealt with their budget so we had an omnibus that had earmarks in it which got publicized. Then you had our budget that we had to introduce, that even though it actually reduced long-term budget projections, we had still inherited a $9 trillion deficit - so that number gets put out there. Then you add the supplemental, which even though the majority of the American people certainly still support making sure that our troops are safe and well-equipped, that was a big chunk of money...