Thad Cochran: “It occurred to me, since there was before the general public a suggestion by the President that he had made…”

“It occurred to me, since there was before the general public a suggestion by the President that he had made recommendations that were almost identical with the Republican suggestion about how to protect the benefits of this Medicare Program and how to deal with this impending insolvency of that fund, it occurs to me that we are going to see more of the same kind of political shenanigans from now until the end of this year, with nothing being done unless somebody is ready to say, ``OK, we will go along with your proposal.''”