John B. Breaux: “Hopefully, we will see the merits of each other's approach before the day is over and reach an accommodation that does…”

The fundraising and the traveling, things she's done for the party, I mean, she's a real rock star on the fundraising circuit.

I think the whole debate politically about ending Medicare as we know it, I think we want to change Medicare.

My opinion is that in order to ever reach an agreement between the two parties, Congress is going to have to combine the best of what government can do with the best of what the private sector can do and put the two together.

The great challenge today I would just suggest to both my Democratic colleagues and my Republican friends and colleagues... is how do both political parties bridge the gap between the different political philosophies and produce health…