The difference in having an independent that a party may want to have sit at the table is that the party gives up one person for that independent to sit. But in this case it is different. We're saying no one has to give up that seat. We're asking them to come in and sit not as a witness but at the table, to present an amendment that the committee would have a chance to discuss and then vote on.
On October 29th, 2013. See this statement in context.