I grow hardly a half acre of corn in narrow strips, with clover between the strips, on land that is almost level.

"But if the American people have to make tough choices and they are doing it every day, so should their leaders," said Reid.

We always knew it would be difficult, but this past week has definitely been a hard one, for all of us.

We choose to go to the moon in this decade, and do the other things, not because they are easy but because they are hard.

You may not agree with some of the tough decisions I have made.