Barack Obama actually said...

"We owe all those who've been harmed, as well as future generations, a full and vigorous accounting of the events that led to what has now become the worst oil spill in U.S. history."

"I think that that's going a little overboard, but where there might be some similarities is the slow response."

"We can't solve these problems individually."

"Until the well is stopped, we'll multiply our efforts to meet the growing threat and to address the widespread and unbelievably painful losses experienced by the people along the Gulf Coast."