Chuck Schumer: “the election in the Senate yesterday gives the American people some idea of where the Republican Party is going. The…”

“the election in the Senate yesterday gives the American people some idea of where the Republican Party is going. The three top leaders in the Senate now, like the three top leaders in the House, are far over on the far right extreme, far away from the mainstream American. Not a single moderate Republican is in the House leadership or the Senate leadership. That relates to what the Speaker came to talk about today. Americans want portability. They want portability in health care. They do not know about any newfangled proposal on MSA's that have come up because some big insurance magnet is pushing it with big contributions. Move portability without any of these other ideological bells and whistles, and you will help the American people. I say, in conclusion, we now have three leaders in the House and Senate: extreme, extremer, extremist. Do not let that vitiate the kind of mainstream health care policy that the American people want.”