Ben Cardin actually said...

I hope that what will clearly be nonnegotiable is that health care reform has got to bring down the growth rate of health care costs.

It is way too big, and we know we can't have a sustainable, fiscally responsible Federal budget unless we deal with the debt.

If we can help businesses hire more employees, that obviously is going to help us on the forecast.

I would clearly agree that we need to focus on our entire economy.