http://www.newyorker.com/online/blo...ous-senators-stand-up-to-american-people.html
We kept hearing, again and again, that ninety per cent of the American people wanted us to vote a certain way, said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky). Well, at the end of the day, we decided that we werent going to cave in to that kind of special-interest group.
It was a gut check, for sure, but we had to draw a line in the sand, agreed Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S. Carolina). If we had voted the way the American people wanted us to, it would have sent the message that were here in Washington to be nothing more than their elected representatives.
It was in the New Yorker, so I am certainly considering the source. I would like to hear the actual speech, verbatim. I could see this being taken out of context, but talking this is not going to do our efforts any favors.
We kept hearing, again and again, that ninety per cent of the American people wanted us to vote a certain way, said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky). Well, at the end of the day, we decided that we werent going to cave in to that kind of special-interest group.
It was a gut check, for sure, but we had to draw a line in the sand, agreed Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S. Carolina). If we had voted the way the American people wanted us to, it would have sent the message that were here in Washington to be nothing more than their elected representatives.
It was in the New Yorker, so I am certainly considering the source. I would like to hear the actual speech, verbatim. I could see this being taken out of context, but talking this is not going to do our efforts any favors.