Joseph Lieberman actually said...

"So what happened was that this brilliant idea of ours did not seem so brilliant to the generic drug industry which did not want the patent life extended."

"This was really a center of bipartisan activity when it was not happening in a lot of other places."

"Well, we understand that there is a vaccine coming along, but I am actually thinking more about---yes, OK. So the vaccine is coming along, but it has not been approved yet. And the sooner the better."

"I think that Vice President Biden might be challenged and intrigued by this possibility and want to see if in his last year in office he can bring this together to work better."