Barack Obama: “It's in our national interest to make sure our freight rail system runs smoothly.”

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.

It fortifies you to say that, yes, this has been part of the journey that we’re on.

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

Every president here today, as different as we are, has tried our best to uphold the values that John McCain and Mitt Romney believed in no less than I did.