Thomas Daschle: “The railroad retirement bill has 74 cosponsors. It is overwhelmingly supported on both sides of the aisle. I do not…”

I have a sense that the time has come for real constructive bipartisan action on healthcare.

Compromise is the oxygen of democracy. And Bob Dole provided a lot of oxygen over those years he was in Senate leadership.

Well, Senator Coburn, I believe that a top-down review is essential. I would start with that. I think it is very, very important for us to understand what the problems are before we try to make the system better.

We try to work together, when possible, to write legislation that focuses on what we can agree on--not what divides us.