Mark Pryor actually said...

"I think people in Arkansas are sick and tired of the partisan games up here. It didn't have the votes to pass the Senate. It was never going to be brought up in the House."

"You know, I know people say that. I wouldn't say that that's particularly fair. I mean, that's -- that's not -- that was not my motivation. I wasn't trying to position myself here at Arkansas. By the ..."

"I have no mental reservation about that. But trying to do it right now in this circumstances didn't make sense to me."

"And that seems to me to be a budget mistake on USDA's part for not budgeting properly last year."