Political Quotes

“Yes. Mr. McCAIN. Also, we have promised to repeal and replace ObamaCare, depending on not only the Supreme Court decision but the will of the people as expressed, perhaps, next November. Of the areas that I think we have not focused enough attention on, one is the unsavory process that resulted in passage of this legislation--behind closed doors and everybody at Blair House bludgeoning the AMA and the pharmaceuticals and the deals that were cut here. Another area was a promise made by the President that he would consider--it wasn't committed to, I will admit--medical malpractice reform. And here we are talking about 20 to 30 percent of the health care costs in America which, in the view of some, can be attributed to the unnecessary tests that are being administered and prescribed by physicians and health care providers because of their fear of ending up in court. Yet, in all of this bill, there is not one mention that I know of that has a meaningful approach to medical malpractice reform. Since the Senator from South Carolina not only is an expert on the Supreme Court, but also he is one of the trial lawyers' Republican favorites, maybe he could address that aspect of medical care as well. Would the Senator from Wyoming comment on that?”