Tom Coburn actually said...

"Playing politics for the short-term political gain may help you in the short run, but in the long run it does tremendous damage to our country."

"There isn't an economist in this country that thinks raising taxes is actually going to help our economy grow."

"The law is such that it is that tax rates are going to go up. The question is will we keep them from going up on everybody? Or will we keep them from going up on everybody except those above $250,000?..."

"There's no leadership in Washington either at the presidential level or the leadership level in Congress."