he spoke those actual words and since then, his argument has only gotten stronger because we've had another 12 years of the embargo not working. remember, supporters of the embargo say that it will eventually topple the castro regime. that is their definition of the embargo working. the embargo will drive the castro brothers right out of power. the republican who said the embargo doesn't work knows that that's impossible. but at the time, his political career depended on winning votes in a state that borders canada. he never had to think about winning votes in florida, but as soon as he did have to think about winning votes in florida, he stood up at a cuban restaurant in miami and said this -- >> i learned from these friends, from mario, from lincoln, from iliana, just how brutal the castro regime is, just how this president's policy of appeasement is not working.