From KTUU.com:

"In today's economy and today's world, when you're dealing with legislation and you're dealing a job that is 7-24 and you have to answer questions yourself at times without advice from people, lawyers on your staff, you ought to be a lawyer to start with," Stevens said.  

First, I think you meant 24-7 Sen. Stevens, but I know you're not up on the lingo floating around the series of tubes, so we'll let that one go.

Now, just an observation. I don't think that being a lawyer helped you figure out how to prevent the FBI from raiding your house. It doesn't seem to have done wonders for David Vitter or Larry Craig either.

I think you're giving the study of the law a bit too much credit, in my ever-so-humble opinion.