Bill Clinton: “Well, let me say the direction I will lean in is, I'm going to do whatever I think will best further public health and…”

“Well, let me say the direction I will lean in is, I'm going to do whatever I think will best further public health and will best increase the chances that we can dramatically reduce smoking among young people. And I will do that--not only what, but when I do that. There are questions of substance and timing here, and it's a highly complex issue. I want to thank Secretary Shalala and Bruce Reed for heading the process for our administration to review all aspects of this and also to hear from all people involved, including the tobacco farmers, which Secretary Glickman worked on. And I will be--at least I'll begin my review of that later this afternoon, and then I'll do whatever I think is best. But I can't--I don't want to make any specific comments until I have a chance to hear from my folks. They've been working on this very hard. Nomination of Governor William Weld”