Scott Brown’s rejoinder to David Gergen in his debate with Martha Coakley the other evening–“With all due respect, it’s not the Kennedy seat and it’s not the Democrats’ seat. It’s the people’s seat”–is a great line and a memorable line, and may well survive the special election next week and enter the political annals.

Here’s another great line, which is still quoted a half-century later: “If your name was Edward Moore instead of Edward Moore Kennedy, your candidacy would be a joke.”