Quote of the Week: Sarah Brady on Republicans "Looking Out for Themselves"

"The Republican Party today is not what the Republican Party was 20 years ago. It's moved so far to the right. We were proud of politicians 10 years ago and 12 years ago who stood up and did the right thing. Today, I don't think they're doing the right thing. They're looking out for themselves."

--- Sarah Brady, wife of Jim Brady, the White House Press Secretary who was shot in the head when John Hinckley, Jr. attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan on March 30, 1981 .

Spoken on March 30, 2006 on ABC's Good Morning, America, while expressing disappointment that 13 years after the Brady Bill was signed into law, gun control efforts have stalled, largely due to Republican pressure from gun lobbyists.
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