Barack Obama: “Veterans' health care will no longer be held hostage to annual budget battles in Washington.”

That was fantastic. I was a little tall for it.

I think when you understand the complexities of America and the contradictions of America, I don’t think it makes you love it less. I think it makes you love it more.

Now the ball’s in your court, Iowa.

And there’s no reason to suggest that we can’t get through this one either.