I am a large defender of our great teaching hospitals in New York.

I tend to have sympathy for the idea that, because people are not paying themselves... the market system does not work in health care.

But the bottom line is, we need these unique institutions, because they treat patients that other places have tried and failed to treat, or cannot treat.

I was for a public option. I was more sympathetic than I usually would be to a single-payer type system...

I have always thought free market models do not really work in health care very well.

If the outcome is already decided, then it cannot by definition be a competitive election.

I think there is still the possibility of progress in security sector reform, in electoral reform, and with some significant changes it is still possible for there to be credible, free, and fair elections later this year.

We are absolutely correct to continually review and reduce or take people off the sanctions list when they are no longer becoming a problem.

We should not simply wait, we should not simply accept peaceful elections; we should be using all the levers available to us.

A key concern is security sector reform, the politicization of the police and the military and the lack of confidence that they will remain neutral in the election.

Simply basing the U.S. policy on the March 16 constitutional referendum is insufficient.

we should have and the hesitancy we should have toward lifting any sanctions prematurely and the redoubling of effort that is required with our regional partners and our diplomatic efforts to ensure that we do not lose this opportunity for…

What that would mean is that the United States, working with the Treasury, working with some of our allies in Europe, could make... a preemptive statement that future loans or contracts signed by an illegitimate Zimbabwe Government would…

It is already far too late for a free and fair election in 2013.

Engagement and flexibility does not mean appeasement.

The election itself is not an expression of democratic will, nor a process for Zimbabwe to select a political leader.

The conditions for reengagement outlined in the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act are still apt.

I am increasingly concerned our government may be sleepwalking down the wrong path.