Joe Manchin actually said...

"There`s no excuse for a Republican not to vote for this unless they don`t want to hear the truth."

"I`m not ready to destroy our government. I`m not ready to destroy our government, no."

"The time has come to end these political games and to usher a new era of bipartisanship where we find common ground on the major policy debates facing our nation."

"There is no excuse for any Republican to vote against his commission since Democrats have agreed to everything they asked for."