Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I say to my colleague, Mr. Fine, a leader of one of the very large health systems in the State of Arizona, had been, I would say, very forward leaning, maybe even supportive of the health care reforms that had been proposed by the President initially. This comes from someone who wanted reform and who notes in this letter that there are some good things there, but he has finally concluded that the imposition of the unfunded mandates and other features of the legislation simply make it--unsustainable. I ask my colleague for the exact word. I am not sure if it was ``unsustainable.'' But he said: So this legislation should not be supported. Instead, he suggested the approach that we have taken, which is we should take the good features that address specific problems and try to deal with them one by one rather than in this comprehensive form. This is from someone who initially was pretty supportive of trying to move forward with this and now has concluded it is just too much and the State cannot afford it. Mr. McCAIN. Also, I am very interested. I said earlier, before my colleague came to the floor, that the announcement this morning that Caterpillar has announced the health care bill would cost the company $100 million more in the first year--$100 million more, just Caterpillar, in the first year alone. The hour is late.…”