1.   And this is a time to lower the rhetoric and lift our national dialogue.

2.   Also Tuesday, Hahn renewed his call for the Police Protective League to lower its rhetoric against Parks and pull its television commercials criticizing the chief.

3.   But Clinton, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Defense Secretary William Cohen all lowered their rhetoric a little.

4.   But the time for electioneering is long past and this is a time to lower the rhetoric and lift our national dialogue.