I don't know anybody in my Republican conference in the Senate who is in favor of doing nothing on health care. We obviously have a cost problem or we have an access problem.
Mitch McConnell: “I don't know anybody in my Republican conference in the Senate who is in favor of doing nothing on health care. We…”
On the recordMarch 18, 2010
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Mitch McConnell acknowledges the need for health care reform while criticizing the current Democratic approach.
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