Well, the big elephant in the whole system is the baby boomer generation that marches through like a herd of elephants. And we begin to retire in 2008.

Tenure
Alito confirmation hearings
During the Judiciary Committee's confirmation hearings for the nomination of Samuel Alito to the United States Supreme Court a question arose concerning Alito's membership in a Princeton University organization which some said was sexist and racist. Same-sex marriage
As a Senator in 2004 he voted for the Federal Marriage Amendment. Jeanne Shaheen Senate Resolution 175 wherewith he contended that "Russia's invasion of Georgian land in 2008 was an act of aggression not only to Georgia but to all new democracies.

Graham was reelected to his second term to the Senate in 2008 defeating Bob Conley. He served in the United States Air Force from 1982 to 1988 and currently serves as a reservist in the South Carolina Air National Guard with the rank of a Colonel.