First, to clarify, when I got out of politics, it was only a one-year rule. It wasn't five. It's like anything else: There are probably some people who will have influence for the rest of their lives, just because of their personalities and who they are, and there are some people who don't have any influence two seconds after they leave the building. So what's a reasonable number? To me, five years seems like a very long time to restrict what somebody can do. I mean, that's what you're talking about. You're talking about somebody's right to work. We need to take those kinds of step-ins seriously. Is two better than five? I don't know. The problem, again, I recognize, is that if you drop it from five, you open yourself up to criticism that you're being less transparent than you were. It's a challenge.
On January 31st, 2012. See this statement in context.