"I told you, it is no shame to be afraid, young one," he said in a low, reassuring voice.

But this reassuring voice of the moderate majority was nowhere to be seen or heard.

But it was not the peaceful, reassuring voice he had heard after the summer accident.

"There's nothing wrong with being afraid," the senator said in that soft, reassuring voice.

Or maybe that warm, reassuring voice was part of the role.

The reassuring voice of the guard came on the line and she explained what had happened.

He tried to make his voice warm and reassuring.

And the reassuring voices were not solely from the federal government.

Then a quiet, reassuring voice spoke to him, offering a choice.

"I'm going to do something for government," Mitt says in his reassuring voice.