Chris Christie: “What I would tell you is that when CDC says that four out of every five heroin addicts start with prescription opioids.”

It makes this debate really crucial. It's an amazing timing by him, because it is a race for second in Iowa.

I think the other politics that people don't think about is the small p -- politics of this.

This is an embarrassing episode for the Department of Justice [that] further undercuts the public confidence in our system of justice.

This is not a message of unity in the face of what could have been a national tragedy.