On the recordMarch 3, 2010
I would be very hesitant to try and ascribe any motives as to why things happened the way they did. What we do know is, historically, when major changes of policy have taken place, even when they have been hotly debated, even sometimes when cloture has been approached over in the Senate, the final product has had a lot of majority and minority votes coming together. {time} 1945 It was not this divisive of an issue that was trying to be pushed through in, once again, a very partisan and divisive way. I think you are right. What Republicans are saying is there are other ideas that still have to be out there, and what is more important for us is to do the system and do the reform the right way the first time. It is very difficult once something is established to go back and fix it. It is best to do it right the first time, and we are not doing that here.
