"Can't we just all go out and say things are OK?"

The segment below is from an Associated Press story about the recent financial crisis.

"Meanwhile, new details emerged of a remarkably tumultuous White House meeting on Thursday. With the session breaking up in disarray, according to two participants, President Bush issued an appeal, saying, "Can't we just all go out and say things are OK?" The group around the table, congressional leaders as well as McCain and Obama, spurned the presidential request for a publicly united front."

Someday I'd like to hear a recording, to know if that is indeed what President Bush said.

For now, I will simply say that I'd like to see more courage from our leaders.