"My hope is that, after this election, it will be the moderates of both parties who will control the Senate, not the Jesse Helmses." -
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"In my view, it is not a good idea to go into a [Contract With America] like what was organized by the Republican Party in Washington, laying out a whole series of things which the party said, 'These are the thing's we're going to do.' I think that's a mistake." -
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"Look, I was an independent during the time of Reagan-Bush. I'm not trying to return to Reagan-Bush." -
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“I remember in my earliest political experience my father fighting to keep the John Birch Society from playing too strong a role in the Republican Party. He walked out of the Republican National Convention in 1964, when Barry Goldwater said, ‘Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice.’ Because he saw that as a tacit approval of the effort the John Birch Society was making to influence the Republican Party. I think that extremists who would force their views on the party and try to shape the party are making a mistake." -
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"We do have tough gun laws in Massachusetts. I support them. I won't chip away at them. I believe they help protect us and provide for our safety." -
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"Deadly assault weapons have no place in Massachusetts. These guns are not made for recreation or self-defense. They are instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people." -
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"I don't think [The Brady Bill's mandated waiting period] will have a massive effect on crime but I think it will have a positive effect." -
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"I don't line up with the NRA." -
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"I've been a hunter pretty much all my life." -
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"I believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country. I have, since the time when my mom took that position when she ran in 1970 as a U.S. Senate candidate. I believe that since Roe v. Wade has been the law for 20 years, we should sustain and support it. I sustain and support that law and the right of a woman to make that choice." -
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"I think it would be a positive thing to have women have the choice of taking morning-after pills….I would favor having it available." -
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"There will be children born to same-sex couples, and adopted by same-sax couples, and I believe that there should be rights and privileges associated with those unions and with the children that are part of those unions." -
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"All people should be allowed to participate in the Boy Scouts regardless of their sexual orientation." -
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