11/01/2012
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"I think we are going to have a lot of post mortems when this is all over, if the President gets a watered-down deal, which is I think the best he is going to get out of this right now."
"Without them you can't get a bill through the House as Nancy Pelosi said last night."
"the President's problem is that 60 members of the House have signed a letter saying they will not vote for a bill in effect that does not have a robust public option."
"He would have been better off, I think, cutting a deal three months ago and then go and taking it to the country."