In late spring of 1996, Dole decided that he needed to focus all of his energies on capturing the White House, and his colleagues in the Senate needed a full-time leader. So on June 11, 1996, he said a tearful good-bye to his longtime colleagues and resigned from the U.S. Senate to devote all of his time and energy to his campaign for President of the United States. Senator Dole was willing to give up his career in Congress, which he considered it to be of great value for the American people.
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Kerry is such a do-nothing cad who just wants power and money. Trent Lott told Dick Morris he used to come over to him if the sessions threatened to run long in the Senate and ask him if he could see that the session would end on time. Trent would then tell him it was because of something the Dems were doing and invariably Kerry would rectify the situation by encouraging the Dems to fix whatever wasn't working.
Great find!