QUOTE OF THE DAY

Opinion: October 25, 2017 at 12:00a.m.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“There are times we must risk our careers. Now is such a time. ... A political career does not mean much if we are complicit in undermining these values [truth and decency].”

U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona, in a speech before the floor of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday in which he announced his plans not to seek re-election in 2018. His decision was announced shortly after a new war of words erupted between President Donald J. Trump and U.S. Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., who also has announced he will not seek re-election