Bill Nelson actually said...

"I think the President really has a major decision here."

"How do you answer this question that we have spent $8 billion thus far on the present architecture, which includes Ares I, and now we are going to abandon that, having spent $8 billion?"

"I think that is true, and NASA has, of course, embraced this idea, provided NASA technical oversight and NASA help, which gives me greater assurance."

"Well, that would be then more like Option 5C, flexible path Shuttle derived?"