Bill Clinton: “Well, the Senator from Illinois has raised another important issue because the administration is using taxpayer dollars…”

“Well, the Senator from Illinois has raised another important issue because the administration is using taxpayer dollars to convey a misleading impression of the Medicare prescription drug benefit, and to do so as a way of boosting the President's reelection opportunity. So taxpayer dollars, instead of his campaign dollars, are being used to try to persuade the American people against the evidence that this massive bill, with so many benefits for the pharmaceutical industry and insurance companies, is good for them. It is regrettable. As the Senator knows, many of us tried to prevent that from happening and say let's do this right, in a bipartisan, unified manner, where we really provide a prescription drug benefit for our seniors. As the Senator also is aware, in the last several weeks, the President's campaign has been accusing one of our colleagues, the Democratic nominee for President, of flip-flopping, saying one thing one day and saying something else at a later date. It is the pot calling the kettle black at the very least because it is this administration which, on every important issue to the American people, has either changed position or has persisted in providing a misleading and inaccurate argument on behalf of a position they have taken. The long and distinguished career in public and military service of the Senator from Massachusetts, Senator Kerry, is one that needs no defense from me or anyone else. It stands on its own merits.”