Politics Is Social Work With Power.

Family Responsibility, Yes, And Always. Family Bankruptcy Due To The Cruel Rules Of Government, No.

In My Very First Term There Was An Issue That Brought Us [george Mitchell, Ted Kennedy, Chris Dodd] Together In A Very Deep, Emotional, And Personal Level.it Was Called 'spousal Impoverishment' And It Meant That For One Person [to Go Into] A Nursing Home, The Family [ ], Could Go Near Bankruptcy, And Then They'd End Up With A Lien On The Family Farm Or The Home. And So I Wanted To Change That.

I Think, Though, With That Whole Sense Of Integrity And A Lot Of Things That Have Been Going On, The Shared Leadership Rather Than The Titular Head.

George [mitchell] Introduced The Idea That We'd Go On A Retreat [and] To Really Regularize Caucuses. He's The One Who Had I Think [tom] Daschle Become The Democratic Policy Committee Chairman, So I Think It Lived Through With Tom.

I Think George Mitchell Was The Right Guy For The Right Time, And Many People Will Note His Spectacular Foreign Policy Accomplishments, Both In And Out Of Office. I Think All Would Note His Devotion To Maine; That Was Number One. The Fact He Did Work In A Bipartisan Basis With Bill Cohen. And For Me, He Helped The First Democratic Woman Get Elected.