Paul Begala actually said...

"The important thing is the big bill has passed. The president will sign it. That's the house. The house has been built, right? The structure is there. We're now going to argue over the furniture."

"Not even close. They would have lost the House if they had failed here."

"I was please -- and I know his families and friends are pleased to hear his doctors say that the pace of his work is not what has caused this."

"He's been to Haiti five times, twice after the earthquake, three before. He's been to Kosovo, he's been to Colombia, he's been to Peru."