Christopher Dodd actually said...

"I can think of no better leader to tackle these important challenges than you, Senator Daschle."

"The knowledge, temperament, passion and expertise you possess will be instrumental in achieving comprehensive health care reform."

"As important, is the critical need to restore the Department to one whose decisions are based on the best available science, not the political ideology of the moment."

"We have a health care system that is broken--impacting our families, our businesses and our competitiveness as a nation--and a Department of HHS and health agencies in desperate need of leadership."