Joe Manchin: “I have a very, very hard time understanding why we are still there.”

My observation, and recommendation from observation, would be, John, trust me, set yourself free and become an independent.

Let me just say that I think what happened is we have a bill that is hard to vote against. It really is. And I understand why there were 73 Senators who voted for it. Senator Cruz has had this and worked diligently for many years on this…

The way the parties have weaponized the political process today, they make it impossible to have a 'D' or an 'R' next to your name and speak to the other side.

They better figure out how they lost moderate, centrist, fiscally responsible, socially compassionate.