You voted for the health-care bill in the Finance Committee, but you expressed some displeasure with it. Do you think progressives, liberals were too much cut out of this process?

SENATOR ROCKEFELLER: Yes, but that's not the reason that I voted for it or would have voted against it. I mean to me everything is on the merit.

I mean, look, the Senate Finance Committee is very conservative. And all the Republicans obviously were going to vote no from the very beginning.

HUNT: Except for Senator Snowe.

ROCKEFELLER:...]]>