I followed this tutorial on drop down lists to the T and I'm still getting "line breaks not allowed in string literals" in my eclipse...http://www.soliantconsulting.com/blog/2009/07/the-user-visualforce-and-apex-about-a-drop-down-menu/

public with sharing class mc_FCCContractNegotiation {

   //==================================================
    // PROPERTIES
    //==================================================
    public mc_Price_Sheet_Code_Entry__c pricesheetCodeEntry {get;private set;}
    public mc_Carrier_Contract_Negotiation__c ContractNeg      {get;private set;}
    public List<mc_CodeEntry>              codeEntries         {get;private set;}
    public List<mc_CodeEntry>              SGcodeEntries         {get;private set;}
    public String                           lookupCode          {get;        set;}
    public ApexPages.StandardSetController  pricesheetEntries   {get;private set;}
    private List Ranks;
    private String Rank;
      



        public mc_FCCContractNegotiation(ApexPages.StandardController controller) {
       	getRank();
       	
        this.ContractNeg = (mc_Carrier_Contract_Negotiation__c)controller.getRecord();
        //codeEntries = mc_CodeEntry.load(contractNeg.id, ContractNeg.getInstance('Standard Charge - Current Year'));
        lookupCode = null;
    }
    
        public PageReference doLoadCodes(){
        SGcodeEntries = mc_CodeEntry.load(ContractNeg.Facility_Carrier_Contract__c, 'a2N400000004CKqEAM');
        codeEntries = mc_CodeEntry.load(ContractNeg.Facility_Carrier_Contract__c, ContractNeg.Code_Price_Sheet__c);
        doSpecifyReimbursementRate();
        
        return null;
    }
    
            public PageReference doSpecifyReimbursementRate(){
            mc_CodeEntry.calculateReimbursementAmount(SGcodeEntries, ContractNeg.Rate__c);
            mc_CodeEntry.calculateReimbursementAmount(codeEntries, ContractNeg.Rate__c);
        return null;
    }
    
   	    public String getRank(){
			return this.Rank;
    	}
    	
    }
    	public List getRanks() {
  			List Ranks= new List();
  			Ranks.add(new SelectOption('00','Selection'));
  			Ranks.add(new SelectOption('ED','ED'));
  			Ranks.add(new SelectOption(’MC’,'MC’));
  			Ranks.add(new SelectOption(’HM’,'HM’));
  			Ranks.add(new SelectOption(’UC’,'UC’));

  			return Ranks;
	}
    
    	public String getRank(){
  			int val=0;
  			if(Rank == ‘ED’){
    				val = 1;
  				}else{
  		  			if(Rank == ‘MC’){
    						val = 2;
  			 			}else{
  			   				if(Rank == ‘HM’){
    		          				val = 3;
  			       				}else{
  			       	 				if(Rank == ‘UC’){
    				        				val = 4;
  			       	 				}
  			   				}
  		  			}
  			}
    	
  	
  		
  	return Rank;
	}
    
}

Any ideas?