"We would like to make a deal, but we would like to make the right kind of deal. I mean,this is not about embarrassing anybody politically.

VOA: standard.2009.08.12

Here is House minority leader John Boehner. "I know the president is doing the hard sell on this bill, telling Democrat members that his presidency is on the line, but this vote is not about saving a presidency or saving a politician, this is about doing the right thing for the American people."

VOA: standard.2010.03.19