Political Quotes

“I ask the American public to understand the opposition to Medicare, as a program. For example, I wonder if those same Senators who talk about how they were rallying to help Medicare would recognize that just last year, late in the year, the majority leader of the Senate, Senator Dole said, ``I was there fighting the fight against Medicare, one of 12, because we knew it would not work in 1965.'' On that same day, at another place in Washington, a speech was given by the Speaker of the House, where he said, ``Now, let me talk about Medicare. We don't get rid of it in the first round because we don't think it would be politically smart. We believe it's going to wither on the vine.'' We have another leader in the House of Representatives, the majority leader, Dick Armey, a Congressman from Texas, who is second in command in the House of Representatives. He said, ``Medicare has no place in the free world. Social Security is a rotten trick. I think we are going to have to bite the bullet on Social Security and phase it out over time.'' This is where they are coming from. The Republican leadership does not like Medicare.”