"'Concessions, I used to cringe at that word. But now, why hide it? That’s what we did.'"

"At a news conference in Detroit, the U.A.W.’s president, Ron Gettelfinger, said that his members were willing to sacrifice job security provisions and financing for retiree health care to keep the two most troubled car companies of the Big Three, General Motors and Chrysler, out of bankruptcy."

Meanwhile, in the Senate, the votes aren't there to help.