Obama Gives Shout Out to Tom Coburn at Prayer Breakfast

President Barack Obama talked about Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Muskogee, in his remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington on Thursday.
Obama called Coburn a “dear friend” and “a brother in Christ” and said he prayed that Coburn would see the light and vote for one of his proposals.
Obama’s comments about Coburn, in full below, came a day after Coburn voted to repeal the health care law and blasted the White House for nominating federal prosecutor Arvo Mikkanen to be a U.S. district judge in Tulsa without consulting him.

Here is what Obama said about Coburn:

“It’s also comforting to know that people are praying for you who don’t always agree with you. Tom Coburn, for example, is here. He is not only a dear friend but also a brother in Christ. We came into the Senate at the same time. Even though we are on opposite sides of a whole bunch of issues, part of what has bound us together is a shared faith, a recognition that we pray to and serve the same God. And I keep praying that God will show him the light and he will vote with me once in a while. (Laughter.) It’s going to happen, Tom. (Laughter.) A ray of light is going to beam down. (Laughter.)”