Lamar Alexander actually said...

I think the first thing we can do to make it easier to afford college is to stop ordering States to spend a certain amount on healthcare.

It's the maintenance of effort for Medicaid that has gotten higher education into the mess it's in today, in my judgment.

Mr. President, this is squeezing--Medicaid is going to squeeze everything out of our budget, and I won't be able to afford to fund higher ed...

I don't like maintenance of effort. I'm opposed to one for higher education.