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  • Tactics and strategies ought to be based on what the real world is, and we do not have the political power to do this. We’re not about to shut the government down over the fact that we cannot, only controlling one house of Congress, tell the president that we’re not going to fund any portion of [Obamacare]. Because we can’t do that.

Monday, 17 September 2018 / Published in Ambition & Fame, Bipartisanship & Compromise, Budget, Civility, Communication & Rhetoric, Community, Congress & Legislation, Constitution, Debt & Deficit, Drugs & Medicine, Health, Ideology, Investments, Leadership, Money, Partisanship, Policy, Political Aspirations, Political Parties, Political Responsibilities, Politics, Power & Privilege, Presidency, Protesting, Reality, Regulations, Strategy

Tactics and strategies ought to be based on what the real world is, and we do not have the political power to do this. We're not about to shut the government down over the fact that we cannot, only controlling one house of Congress, tell the president that we’re not going to fund any portion of [Obamacare]. Because we can’t do that.


Tom Coburn, CBS Face The Nation, Sep 22, 2013

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