August 28, 1919

           For those with the accusation that I intentionally delayed action on the Treaty of Versailles, you would be right. And I'm not ashamed of that or regret the decisions I made. I an the head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and hold the right to do so. Some might even go as far as to call me ruthless. In fact, I even spent, well rather wasted, two weeks reading aloud the treaty, every word of the lengthy 300 page document. It was my choice to take advantage of the given opportunity to embarrass President Woodrow Wilson, in whatever way. Meanwhile, I also weakened the Democratic that backed him prior to the ratification debate.