Ben Sasse: The Senate needs to be less like Instagram. The Senate needs to be more deliberative. And that means less smack-down nonsense. One of the fundamental mistakes we’ve made over the last 30 or 40 years is putting cameras everywhere in Washington, D.C. This is not an argument against transparency. We should have reporters around. We should have pen and pad. We should have people recording what’s happening. But we should make the Senate less of an institution that is built as a backdrop platform for people to get sound bites. That’s not what the Senate is for. The Senate should be plodding, and steady, and boring, and trustworthy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Scott Pelley: To be too frank, you were expected to be dead by now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ben Sasse: That’s frank. I like it. Let’s be blunt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Scott Pelley: What changed?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ben Sasse: Let’s go with– providence, prayer, and a miracle drug. In mid-December I was given a three- to four-month life expectancy. I am on extended time already. I have pancreatic origin cancer that has metastasized a number of places. So, I’ve got lung, vascular, liver, other. Liver’s pretty far along\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nI heartily recommend the full 40 minute interview which may be found there<\/a>.<\/p> \u201cMany senators I know would not be able to breathe without that job. It would kill them to leave,\u201d says Scott Pelley.
\u201cI don't want what you said to be true. But I fear that that is true. And that is a sign of a much, much deeper problem,\u201d responds former Sen. Ben Sasse.\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/lXfzeDWr7Y<\/a><\/p>— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) April 26, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote>