Bill Clinton on Health Care

From the AP:

"My argument was that this is an economic imperative."

From USA Today:

"The worst thing to do is nothing."

"It's not important that the bill be perfect. It's important to act now, to start the ball rolling."

From the Wall Street Journal:

"There is no perfect bill because there are always unintended consequences, so there will be amendments to this effort... next year and the year after and year after … And there should be. It's a complex, organic thing."

"It's like we write a check to all of our economic competitors for [$800 billion] or $900 billion a year … They cover everybody, and we only cover 84%, and we don't get better outcomes."

From MSNBC:

"I'm gonna tell them Olympia [Snowe] is right. They ought to follow Olympia."