Coakley decries health care bill

To pretend that now the House has passed this bill is real progress -- it’s at the expense of women’s access to reproductive rights. ... I refuse to acknowledge that this is the best we can do.

Attorney General Martha Coakley

If she’s not going to vote for any bill that’s not perfect, she wouldn’t vote for any bill in history. She would have voted against Medicare, the civil rights bill. ... Realism is something you have to deal with in Washington.

US Representative Michael Capuano