Bill Clinton: “I don't know if that will ever happen. [Laughter] We need the votes to win over there, and as I said, I believe that the…”

“I don't know if that will ever happen. [Laughter] We need the votes to win over there, and as I said, I believe that the Senate will pass the plan if the House does. I think that there clearly is a majority in the Senate who know that this is far better than the alternative--there is no other available alternative--and that the worst thing this country could do would just be to flail around for 60 to 90 days, instead of moving on with all the things that are there before us: the health care issue, further efforts to deal with the budgetary problem. Helen Thomas. Mr. President, did you hear Senator Dole's rebuttal, and what did you think of it?”