Don Bacon: “I will use that as a kind way of saying that sometimes they are mismanaged.”

I think he needed to set appropriate and honest expectations here.

The go-it-alone approach fails us in the end

He doesn't communicate it well. As you mentioned, he makes light of the affordability question. And we do have an affordability problem.

The speaker is a friend, I admire him, but if he won’t let legislation come to the floor that the majority supports, this is an avenue.