Political Quotes

“Well, I thank my friend from Missouri. You're absolutely right. But you know what's interesting? Everywhere I go, there are a lot of people around Capitol Hill today. I bump into people that I know, people who are just average, everyday people, and it's amazing how much they are keeping up with this even though it is getting boring. They know about this. This is not something that they're not tuned into, and that's for sure. What's interesting, the way I have a mental picture about this, is that this bill way back months ago was being pushed like a locomotive up a hill. And as it got closer and closer to the top, more and more problems began to come out. It weighted it down. Finally as the bill, both in the Senate and now in the House, is getting close to the top, it's lost so much momentum because of the sleazy deals, the Louisiana purchase, the Cornhusker kickback, the carve-out for Medicare Advantage in Florida. These things are turning the American people off, and it's really taking a lot of momentum out of the process. And on top of that is the shenanigans, the fakery, if you will, the smoke and mirrors way of financing it which is, again, $500 billion taken out of Medicare, although no one will actually explain how we can do without $500 billion from Medicare. Then that money is used to extend the life of Medicare, which is going to run out of money in 8 years. It's also used to subsidize the middle class entitlement of private insurance.”