And I told him how much I appreciated the work he had done and that there was a direct line between that trip that we took together when I was a first-year senator and the results of the vote today on the floor.

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"I would give anything to go back to the morning of September 11 and tell him how much I appreciated everything he's done for me, " she said.

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He said he was sorry -- and this is a very small thing -- but he expressed that he was sorry that my reputation had taken a hit because of my association with him, which I appreciated.

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The transformation is slow and careful, and I appreciated that the path is full of hints of the man he can become, but continues to pit him against himself and against his temptation to cut and run or exploit everyone for his own gain.

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