Tom Coburn actually said...

"I commend Senator Harkin for highlighting the issues of high risk populations and emphasizing that effective strategies to reduce the risk of disease must be a central part of health reform."

"Will you commit to protect and preserve the rights of those 40 States that have a right-to-carry law by opposing legislation that would encroach upon those rights?"

"I hope you will look at that as you see this necessity of trying to rearrange the money that you have in terms of looking at risk instead of parochialism that makes us all look good."

"Thank you for your answer. It is not the one I wanted to hear, but thank you for the answer."