Our real leverage has come from the fear that DeLay will not have a post to come back to. They are deathly afraid of a leadership election in January.

The enormous cost of this proposal will only hasten Medicare's insolvency, and we'll have to rely on future Congresses to have the political courage that this Congress lacks,

It's more than likely there will be leadership elections in January. We don't want to go into an election year without a permanent majority leader.

I wasn't very pleased with our performance Friday. We had the 45 minute delay, and both teams combined for 32 penalties. It was so hard to get in a rhythm, and I was disappointed in the lack of focus.

When it comes to food they know no fear. They will take on any competitor, as big as they come.

We will not delay this deadline.