Lewis Rockefeller: “I have heard nobody on this floor on either side of the aisle say that any plan has more than 25 votes for passage. That…”

“I have heard nobody on this floor on either side of the aisle say that any plan has more than 25 votes for passage. That is, a health care reform plan. Therefore, this entire argument is being predicated upon something which at this particular moment is not likely to happen. So I remind my colleagues that if health care does not pass this year, and the votes are not there yet, we are stuck with this draconian measure.”