Mark Kirk: “It is important to note seniors will count on the commitment that we are making. So it is important that the commitment…”

“It is important to note seniors will count on the commitment that we are making. So it is important that the commitment that we make is one that we can keep. By designing an affordable plan, we will be there for seniors in the future. Many seniors remember when the Congress created a catastrophic health care plan and then revoked it just a short time later, so that the promise made was not a promise kept. Our plan does that. But we do not want to design a plan which some future Congress cannot afford to pay for, with all of the other demands. America's seniors, more than any other generation, knows that there is a war on, and that we have to make a responsible commitment that we can afford to keep. That is why I applaud the direction that the gentleman is going in here with this plan; because under this plan, we will make commitments to seniors and we will be able to afford to keep them.”