"In the executive branch, winning by a whisker is as good as winning in a landslide, but not so in the Senate."
"Certainly the Republican Party changed and I never changed, as I became an independent my values never changed whether it's on fiscal responsibility, environment or using government tools to help the less fortunate."
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Source: Lincoln Chafee (2010). “Against the Tide: How a Compliant Congress Empowered a Reckless President”, p.2, Macmillan
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