John Thune actually said...

"Even if the argument is made... that premiums have not gone up all that dramatically, when you promise a $2,500 reduction and you see a $3,500 increase, that seems to me to be a pretty big increase."

"This whole issue of restricting networks seems to be the other thing--that you have fewer and fewer choices."

"So, higher premiums, higher deductibles, fewer doctors and providers, and fewer jobs. That is, I think, the story 5 years later."

"I am disappointed to report that we have not yet received a response to that letter, much less a formal nomination."