"We've been told for a year that we need to pay for every dollar that it's going to cost..."

""We've been told for a year that we need to pay for every dollar that it's going to cost us to reform our health care system," Obey told King, "That's about $900 billion over 10 years. If we wind up being committed in Afghanistan for eight to 10 years, that's also going to approach $800 billion to $900 billion. And if we're going to do that, it seems to me that if we're being told we have to pay for health care, we certainly ought to pay for this effort as well.""

- CNN Political Ticker...