"Bill Maher: Can you give me a good reason why, in a free and fair society, marijuana should be illegal? Dodd: Well, Bill, I've taken the position, certainly with medical use of marijuana, that it ought to be allowed. And many states, I think 12 or 13 states allow that today. In fact, we just had a huge debate in the committee in which I serve dealing with the issue. And I've strongly advocated that these states not be biased or prejudiced because they allow the use of marijuana for medical purposes."

• 2008 Democratic Candidate for U.S. President
• U.S. Senator (D-Connecticut), 1981-present
• Member, U.S. House of Representatives (D-Connecticut), 1975-1981
• Attorney, private practice, 1973-1975
• U.S. Army National Guard and Reserves, 1969-1975
• Peace Corps, Dominican Republic, 1966-1968

• JD, University of Louisville School of Law, 1972
• BA, English Literature, Providence College, 1966

• Chairman, Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
• Senior Member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
• Senior Member, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
• Member, Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
• Chair, Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, 2001-2003
• General Chairman, Democratic National Committee, 1995-1997

• Cowritten with Lary Bloom, Letters from Nuremberg: My Father's Narrative of a Quest for Justice, 2007
• "U.S. Shouldn't Be Outsourcing Its Security," Connecticut Post, Feb. 13, 2005
• "Bush Failing to Battle Terror on the Home Front," New Haven Register, Mar. 18, 2004