John B. Breaux: “I appreciate the Wizard of Oz analysis. I am afraid it is more like an Alice in Wonderland approach.”

Let me suggest it is a program that is more popular today than the Congress that wrote it.

We want to keep Medicare. I think we want to improve the delivery system.

I think it's hers to lose. I think it's the consensus among Democrats that I've talked to that she's clearly in the lead, is clearly the person that they have to beat.

Just like my Chevy II, things have changed, things have improved, so our recommendation is that we keep Medicare of course.