Claire McCaskill actually said...

"So the vendors would probably be on our side?"

"I think that would mean that there is an assumption that the government can always negotiate for volume discounts unless they are prohibited from doing so by law, like they are in Medicare D."

"In this time of belt-tightening, we need to be more careful than ever to ensure that taxpayer dollars are not being wasted--particularly because every dollar that is lost through rebate schemes is a d..."

"what is the excuse? Is the excuse the accounting issue?"