Rep. John Dingell on Healthcare legislation: "Nobody ever gets exactly what they want."

[flpoljunkie]

Nobody ever gets exactly what they want. I've been legislating for 55 years and I can't remember a perfect bill. This bill is a hell of a way from what I would've done. But I support it. It's necessary. It will help. And in this system, I'll have further chances to change it and make it better. In the meantime, people need this.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2010/01/rep_john_dingell_the_fact_of_t.html

[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. the people don't seem to get what they want - they want a pony

the majority want a public option

[Clio the Leo]

2. And he knows what he's talking about. NT

[Impedimentus]

3. Bush got an awful lot of what he wanted ...

I wish we would get a little more. The statement by Dingell may be accurate in some circumstances, but it can be used as an universal apology, a nice one-liner that sounds reasonable but that really doesn't say very much.

[ProSense]

4. Bush didn't get everything he wanted. He

just ignored everything and did whatever the hell he felt like doing. That's why the country is so screwed up. Much of what he did involved no legislation. The Republicans led a do nothing Congress.