Bruce Castor: Senators Are Expected To Do What’s Right, Not What the Media Tells Them

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CASTOR: "United States senators have a reputation and it's deserved. A reputation for cool-headedness, being erudite. The men and women that we sent from back home to D.C. to look after our interests, we feel a sense of ownership and a sense of pride in our senators. There’s plenty of times I’ve been around in political gatherings where I hear there’s no way Senator Toomey is going to allow that. I don’t mean to pick on you, Pat. There’s no way Senator Casey is going to allow that. Because we feel pride and something bad is potentially in the wind, and we expect our United States senators not reacting to popular will and not reacting to popular emotions. We expect them to do what is right, not withstanding what is immediately expedient that the media tells us is the topic of the day."