matthew daly: senator, this is matthew daly at the ap. wanted to ask you about the -- there is a big project out at denver. they are trying to build a va hospital and it is more than $1 billion over budget, which is really hard for some folks to believe anything could be that much over budget, much less only half finished. what do you think about their problems out there? do think it symbolizes the fact that the v.a. really has trouble getting anything done? senator isakson: it is a disaster. i took the senate committee to denver. we toured the entire facility, met with the contractors reviewed the progress of the project over the last 14 years. when the press in denver asked me what i thought of the hospital, i said i thought the hospital was a camel. they said, what do you mean? i said, a camel is a horse built by committee. and that is exactly what that hospital is. there are too many cooks, not enough people in the kitchen and not enough direction. not enough accountability. the v.a. does not need to be building anything. their job is

matthew daly: senator, this is matthew daly at the ap. i wanted to ask you about the -- there is a big project out at denver. they are trying to build a va hospital and it is more than $1 billion over budget, which is really hard for some folks to believe anything could be that much over budget, much less only half finished. what do you think about their problems out there? do think it symbolizes the fact that the v.a. really has trouble getting anything done? senator isakson: it is a disaster. i took the senate committee to denver. we toured the entire facility, met with the contractors reviewed the progress of the project over the last 14 years. when the press in denver asked me what i thought of the hospital, i said i thought the hospital was a camel. they said, what do you mean? i said, a camel is a horse built by committee. and that is exactly what that hospital is. there are too many cooks, not enough people in the kitchen and not enough direction. not enough accountability. the v.a. does not need to be building anything. their job

matthew daly: one thing i would say is that in the wake of the scandal in general veterans' issues have become much more high profile. i think a lot of the stuff went on for years under the radar until this phoenix scandal broke. at a retired doctor said that veterans were dying while they are on the waiting list. as many problems as we talked about on this program, at least they are addressing and they are much more out in the open now. and the fact that you can't do this on the cheap. john mcardle: that is all the time we have for our "newsmakers " program for this memorial day weekend. i would like to thank rebecca adams and matthew daly. >> for he, today, that sheds his blood today will be my brother. this day shall gentle his condition. and gentlemen in england now abed shall think themselves accursed that they were not here. >> one drop of blood -- drawn from thy country's bosom should need thee more than streams of falling gore. >> director of the shakespeare library, michael whitmore, talks about shakespeare and how politicians use quotes from the famous playwright. >> sometimes