Lindsey Graham actually said...

"There is a moment in time in 2011, before we get into the 2012 cycle too deeply, to find a way to do something meaningful on Social Security that would help our long-term indebtedness."

"If we are wise, we will take some parts of what you have done, add it with some of our wisdom, if we can muster any, and do something."

"I hope the Tea Party will come to Washington and change the whole dynamic that led to this fiscal mess we're in, starting with spending."

"The one thing, to my Democratic colleagues, passing the statute repealing during the study I think was a bad mistake."