I realize that to withdraw at this point is really unfair in many ways, but to go forward and take this position and then find myself sitting there and not being able to do the job the way it should be done on behalf of the President 100 percent, it would have been an even bigger mistake.
Senator Judd Gregg explains his reasons for withdrawing from the commerce secretary position.
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I subscribe to Senator Gregg's emphasis on value-based reimbursement. I think we're making progress on Medicare. It's not hopeless.
I don't think that's going to happen. On the bigger issue of the 1990s versus today, I do think there is structural differences.
I have always been supportive of the balanced budget amendment. But you're talking about putting something by the next eon of life cycle, political life cycle.
The budget process is probably not going to be that process, because the budget process is inherently partisan.
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