Al Franken: “We also promote, advocate and strive to protect the health, safety and right of the patients.”

I think what McConnell was worried about is that this is a game of chicken and McConnell blinked because Democrats could have just changed the rules.

I think that`s kind of exactly the right idea. I think that we should put -- the elements of the bill are extremely popular. And what we should do is just put them out one by one, and have, you know, have Americans see for themselves what…

What is great about this is that it gives us the time to get Sinema and to get Manchin and to get all 51 with the vice president on board on a package and if we tell the American people and keep telling the American people what’s in it.

It is, I still believe it will happen. Because it kind of has to, and I wish they would get on with it.