I do love the Waldorf-Astoria, though. You know, I hear that from the doorstep you can see all the way to the Russian tea room.

A central notion in the Affordable Care Act was we had an inefficient system with a lot of waste that didn't also deliver the kind of quality that was needed that often put health care providers in a box where they wanted to do better for their patients, but financial incentives were skewed the other way... We don't need to reinvent the wheel; you're already figuring out what works to reduce infections in hospitals or help patients with complicated needs.

There's just a whole different attitude and vibe when you're not in power as when you're in power.

We have states. And we have cities. And we have counties. And we have the private sector. And - and so the country still works even when Washington's dysfunctional.

Iran won't pursue nuclear weapons because 'it's contrary to their faith.'

What is certainly true is that the United States has to have a presence to promote the values that we care about.

We shouldn't assume that government is always trying to do the wrong thing.