After we got through nine issues, they came back with two more. And I said, are you ever going to get to. Yes. And One of [the Democrats] told me in private, said, we can't get there until the primaries are over because it may cost our colleagues their job. Now, I understand politics as good as anybody, but at some point you are elected to be a leader. (01:32–01:46)
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Asserts that a Democrat privately admitted delaying agreement until after primaries to protect colleagues' jobs.
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