One of the more contentious Byrd rule discussions that I participated in circled around a provision in the Affordable Care Act where we actually had written legal style briefs of the sort that you might see in a U.S. Court of Appeals.

Rohit Kumar

You want to make sure you get a ruling on an issue in a way that is clear that will be available to you down the road, you’re working the refs to get the next call to go in your favor.

As he sometimes says, he likes to allow himself the luxury of the unexpressed thought.