Instead George Voinovich said he has discussed an idea for a bipartisan commission, that would focus on bringing down the national debt and increasing revenue. The Ohio senator believed that President Barack Obama was interested in the idea but was concerned about whether there would be any support for it.

“That’s the dilemma the president has -- he’d like to do the commission but the concern he has is he won’t have the support that’s necessary to get the commission done in the Congress. And if he doesn’t get some kind of consensus on a commission than he’s going to have to move forward to do something as an alternative to address the problem that I believe would not be as successful as if we could do it on a bipartisan basis.”

George Voinovich believes that the country cannot afford the Health care reform. “We can’t afford what we are doing now. How can we afford to do more?”