Political Quotes

“Medicare, even though it was demagogued, they called it medagoguery in the last election cycle; it is hemorrhaging, losing millions of dollars every day until we fix it. In order to fix it, we have to rein it in. In order to get that accomplished, we have to say, Mr. President, what does it take to get your agreement? We would not have had the agreement. Frankly, it is not an ideal situation. The ideology cannot win the day. There is a pragmatism that has to set in. In this country today we have this mixed government. We are not going to have another election to change that, so what can we do in the meantime to try to reach some common ground? Move the country forward, engage in the politics of unification again, because our country has so many problems, I am afraid if we do not work together in this city and across this land.”