Bill Clinton: “Well, I didn't read what he said exactly in that way. I think the--what we objected to, I don't think that it was going…”

“Well, I didn't read what he said exactly in that way. I think the--what we objected to, I don't think that it was going to come back again anyway. The $270 billion option is not there and no longer needed, which is one of the problems with our budgeting process. You know, the inflation rate in health care has come down so much because of the increase in competition and efficiency that no one any longer believes that we need to do that again, I don't believe. So the question is whether we can basically take up where we left off, where the differences between us were smaller. And I think that's just the--we'll just have to talk about how to do that. Senator Lott, to be fair to him, has got to have time to meet with-- he's got some new Members. He's got to have time to meet with his caucus to develop a strategy. I think we'll be working together on this. I certainly hope we will.”