John B. Breaux: “I said hypothetically.”

My answer would be yes, but you don't have to take my word for it.

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.

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

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…