The way it is now, newly elected senators start grabbing for the microphone the minute they get in the door. It wasn't like that when Ted Kennedy and I arrived in Washington. He came to the Senate in 1962; I got here in '68. We were both told the same thing by senior senators: don't be too active too soon. In other words, shut up—we'll call on you if you're needed. You had to be there two years before you were recognized.
