Quote(s) of the Week

“We’ve got to get together. We have no alternative. There’s nothing left.  It’s time for politics to be put aside on the back burner.”

Edward Brooke, III (R-MA), Senator from 1967-1979 – at age 90 and accepting the Congressional Gold Medal – he suggested “pragmatism” as an alternative

“Essentially, we have reached a stage where we are talking about what amount of good policy can be reconciled with good politics.”

William Galston, Ph.D., The Brookings Institution – a political scientist and former Clinton Administration advisor on the topic of healthcare reform

 

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Kevin Fickenscher, MD

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