The president began to make his case to us today,

Prescription drugs are an integral part of medicine today, they ought to be an integral part of Medicare, period,

There is no effort being made on the part of any Republican, that I'm aware of, that would allow us to do something constructive on estate tax relief today, ... Clearly they're not interested in an accomplishment. They're not interested in reducing the estate taxes of people. They're interested in playing to their base.

If I just did it to help Democrats, I guess I am puzzled why so many Republicans would help us.

People were concerned about national security, and that precluded us from having the opportunity to break through on the issues that we cared most about -- the economy, education and health care,

Make no mistake, tax cheaters cheat us all, and the IRS should enforce our laws to the letter.