On the recordMarch 18, 2004
the consequences for insubordination are extremely severe. That was the warning that the Medicare actuary Richard Foster received from his superiors for trying to tell the truth about the real costs of the Medicare bill. The penalties for misleading the American people are extremely severe as well. Today, we learned that some in the Republican leadership knew all along the real cost of the prescription drug bill and yet continued to hide that information from their colleagues on both sides of the aisle. Let me again quote from the Wall Street Journal's lead editorial yesterday: ``What's a mere $140 billion among friends?'' This is a case not only of politics trumpeting policy but of politics trumpeting principle. Some think that there are consequences for insubordination, but all of us know that the consequences of deception are extremely severe as well.
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