Gruber: ‘It Is Inexcusable that I Tried To Appear Smarter by Insulting Others’

WELCH: "Mr. Gruber, couple of things. Number one, Mr. Gruber, you've apologized for the intemperate you said insulting remarks. It is unfortunate this whole debate about health care is so fundamentally important to this country. It's been divisive in Congress. We had a partisan vote in strongly differing points of view about it. And unfortunately, the remarks you made provided clear ammunition for opponents to use that to indict the entire bill. But when you start commenting about what you expect might be a legal outcome, do you have any training as a lawyer?"
GRUBER: "No, I do not."
WELCH: "When you comment on the quality of mind of the American people, which I think all of us here have a great deal of respect for the people we represent, you would, I take it apologize for any insulting remarks that you made?"
GRUBER: "It was inexcusable that I've tried to appear smarter by insulting others."