Political Quotes

“in a few short hours, we will vote on the motion to proceed to the House Republican healthcare bill. I will have more to say on the matter prior to the vote. At the moment, no one knows the plan that is being cooked up in the Republican leader's office, but it seems to be his intention to do whatever it takes to pass anything, no matter how small, to get the House and Senate Republicans into a conference on healthcare. Surprisingly, I have heard that my friend, the junior Senator from Kentucky, will vote yes on the motion to proceed. He announced it himself. It is true he will likely get a vote on the motion to repeal without replace, but surely he knows that will fail. Why then would the junior Senator from Kentucky--a man who has preached the repeal of the Affordable Care Act root and branch, a man who proselytized that Republicans should stop at nothing short of full repeal--why would the junior Senator from Kentucky vote on the motion to proceed knowing he will not get what he wants? It is because, I believe, he and some of the others in this body know that if the Senate manages to pass something to get to conference in the House, the likely compromise in the conference is either a full repeal of the Affordable Care Act or something close to it.…”