Victory Alert: Senator Potts Retires! Today, Senator Russell Potts (I-27, Winchester), chairman of the Senate Health and Education Committee, the killing ground for all pro-life and pro-family legislation in the Senate, announced his decision not to seek re-nomination or re-election to the Virginia Senate. Since becoming chair of Ed and Health several years ago, Senator Potts has led the fight against The Family Foundation's agenda, many times being the only "Republican" member of the committee to vote with the minority of Democrats to kill legislation. With his typical hyperbole and dramatics, Senator Potts today said he thought of standing for...