Ben Cardin actually said...

"I do not think we intended that families would not have coverage."

"the most important stakeholders, as Chairman Baucus has pointed out, are taxpayers in this country and the families that depend upon the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, Medicare, Medicaid, ..."

"I simply think that engagement without consequences for rights abuses is not very effective."

"I am worried that the administration has moved rather quickly in removing its sources of leverage, lifting sanctions well before national elections or a constitutional amendment that would reduce the ..."