“It’s a free country, I’m not beholden to anybody anymore, and I’m going to go out and help my friends.” – former Gov. Bill Graves (in photo), telling the crowd at a Wichita fundraiser what he said when Sen. Pat Roberts asked why Graves was returning to Kansas to campaign for moderate Republican state senators
“The Senate is the last bastion of traditional Republicanism here. We’re fighting for the heart and soul of Kansas.” – Senate President Steve Morris, R-Hugoton, to Reuters
“We started using words like ‘war’ and ‘mutiny’ with our moderate leadership.” – Sen. Ty Masterson, R-Wichita, also to Reuters, on the conservative-moderate split in the state Senate under Morris
