Though apparently happy with where the nation's space program is going, Glenn seems less pleased with the direction in which its political system is heading. I wish we could correct campaign finance as we tried to do last year, until they made it into a political fiasco, which I regret to this day. There are a lot of things I won't miss, like fund raising, which is a stinking, miserable way to run your life. Some of the people I'll miss. But I'm looking forward to not having my life set by bells and lights and responsibilities here.
Any major legislation has to have bipartisan support.
The more we work together, the better it is. We have different views, but when you get down to having so many political things in committee that are just irritants and are just partisan, that's not the way to go. The attacks are more personal sometimes. I don't want to say the old days were golden. But when I started here, I never, ever, a single time questioned a Senator's motives as being more politically oriented than what I thought was good for the country.