“Senators Kennedy and McCain have said they're open to their fellow senators on comprehensive reform. … I think we're just interested in moving forward. The president campaigned on this in 2000 and nothing has happened.”
“To say we have to deal with enforcement first, we've tried that, we've done that for the last … 10 years. … We don't believe that's a viable way to approach this challenge.”
“Senator Kennedy joined Harvard's Owl club in 1954 before women were admitted to the campus and long before they were integrated into campus life. No one can question Senator Kennedy's lifelong commitment to fighting for civil rights, equality and justice.”
