I think we do better as a country when we go step by step toward a goal, and the goal in this case should be reducing health care costs.

Put too many one-size-fits-all jackets on Americans and the place explodes.

The goal with a big piece of social legislation is to have a bipartisan result, so the country will accept it

If Mr. Bush and Mr. Forbes don't get most of the votes, they should be arrested for wasting money

Americans are sick of the idea of the government taking over everything and trying to run it. We don't know how to run a bank, a car company.

It is a rare American who does not have some story about how music has made our lives richer and more interesting, how it has changed our moods, brought out the best in our character and even sometimes helped us earn a living.

Sooner or later, I need to begin to do what any candidate does in a presidential race; I need to begin to win.