Claire McCaskill actually said...

"It seems hollow, I think, to many of these victims' families that just because their loved one was at a certain age or at a certain income level, General Motors will really never feel the brunt of wha..."

"So if the airbags didn't deploy but should have, if there's any evidence that the seat belt pretensioners worked as designed, under your protocol the victim is not eligible?"

"So what you're saying is if the pretensioners are working, that is an indication that there was not a shutdown of the electrical system or the power system that would have prevented the airbags from d..."

"I just wish that we could leave this open longer so there would be time for that issue to be litigated."