Political Quotes

“I want to change the topic and focus where I believe the impact is most being felt today. It really has not been discussed on the floor thus far; and that is, at the level of the doctor-patient relationship, at the level where care is actually delivered. We heard a lot about the budget numbers and the insurance companies and the like, but what I would like to do is focus on where the impact actually is. Yesterday, I was at a hospital, not as a physician, but I was there with someone in my family. I was in an emergency room 2 nights ago and then yesterday. Again, I was not there as a doctor or as a U.S. Senator. It was a local hospital, George Washington University Hospital. On a side table, I picked up a newsletter. Again, it was not intended for me. The newsletter is called the 'GW Medicine Notes.' I have it in my hand. It is written by their medical staff for their medical staff and, I guess, for people in the hospital. The letter is from the chairman, Dr. Alan G. Wasserman. The whole front page really tells the story that much of the debate will be about today and on Tuesday.”