Johnny Isakson actually said...

"I personally think you would lose all the value of the tax credit if it became a permanent accepted credit in the general marketplace."

"I learned a long time ago in Government that legislation is about the art of the possible."

"What I have done is Senator Dodd and I and Lieberman and others who were sponsors of it, we removed the first-time homebuyer qualification."

"Nobody argues that the tax credit has worked."