I will vote adamantly against the interests of my district if I actually think what I am doing is going to be helpful.

I'm collateral damage. I'm road kill. And in 72 hours, nobody is going to remember who I am nor are they going to care.

I am leaving because I have to fight simultaneously a potential recurrence of cancer the Democratic leadership, a health care bill that's going to destroy this country, my opposition to it and a belief that my party has become what it became - what it campaigned against.

I am, and always will be, a blues guitarist.

I'm going to play again. I will think and I will hope so. If I don't, I am fine with it.

I am Lebanese, and I know the interests of my country.