Tom Coburn: “We are about to run out of time. I just want to leave the American public with something that Martin Luther King said in…”

“We are about to run out of time. I just want to leave the American public with something that Martin Luther King said in his last speech at the National Cathedral. He said that cowardice asks the question, is it expedient? And we have seen a lot of expediency in this body through the years. And he said vanity asks the question, is it popular? And we have seen a lot of things done because they are popular but not necessarily good for the Social Security system or not good for the future of our children. But he said conscience asks the question, is it the right thing to do? The debate this year about the budget and about Social Security cannot be based on expediency, cannot be based on popularity. It has to be based on what is right and best for all three generations concerned.”