Pete Domenici: “But that is compared to current policy--current policy. If we would compare your plan to current law, it is actually a…”

To me, it does not [seem like a good tax].

We may not know all the answers that you seek of us because we did not have a lot of time to study in detail the more intricate health care issues.

I believe that that has to happen. I guess the rest is, I hope it happens, and the sooner the better, in my mind.

Unless you fix Medicare, you cannot fix this deficit.