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What I didn't want to do is get into a ratings race with television because really, for them, it matters. For me, it doesn't.

In the lack of judgment great harm arises, but one vote cast can set right a house.

A fox should not be on the jury at a goose's trial.

I never felt comfortable with making political decisions based on whether, you know, it was the right thing to do in terms of a poll.

As a personal matter, I stopped voting more than a decade ago, on the grounds that it helped me as an analyst not to think about making a choice in the voting booth.

I'm not taking votes based on getting re-elected.

If people want to take the time to vote, they should be able to, and their vote should be counted.

It is with unwelcome frequency that I find myself the deciding vote.

And the American public was able to make up their own mind whether this verdict was a just verdict or not. So I think there's a lot of value in the public being able to see how the system works or doesn't work, so I think there's a definite value there.