03.17.04 -- 11:18PM
By Josh Marshall
The Speaker? Or the Meeker?
Denny Hastert on how it felt getting bamboozled by the White House on the cost of the Medicare bill ...
“Yeah, [the higher cost estimate] was a surprise to us, and [I was] surprised it happened. When the administration comes out and says this is going to be more expensive…[it] makes it tougher on us, kind of sticks it to us.”
The quote is from a piece tomorrow in The Hill, which also notes just how many investigations have already been spawned by this bum's-rush-bill.



