Tom Harkin actually said...

Our priority now must be implementing the law as smoothly and quickly as possible so that all Americans can share in its benefits.

Put everybody in this pool. Give everybody at least some basic coverage which they can rely on.

Medicaid soaks up 26 percent of the Tennessee State budget; that is up from 7 percent at the time I was Governor.

Thanks to the health reform, Americans now have the same protections that every Senator on this dais has had for years.