Barack Obama: “the key is to -- that inaction would make this crisis worse, so he wants action, even if this bill is not perfect.”

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.

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.

Your task is not to impose litmus tests.

While we are non-partisan, we are not value-neutral. We have a point of view.