Blowin' Smoke

When the other side in a lawsuit says this, it indicates that they think they've completely screwed you over...and that was probably exactly your intent:

"We were very surprised," said Dan Webb, lawyer for Altria Group's Philip Morris USA and the coordinating attorney in the case. "They've gone down from $130 billion to $10 billion with absolutely no explanation. It's clear the government hasn't thought through what it's doing."

Seemingly that statement could apply to any number of Bush policies...and it would be wrong, they knew exactly what they were doing. The Bush Administration was cutting a sweetheart deal for some of its substantial contributors. Now they can proclaim "we got $10 billion" when in actuality they gave up as much as $120 Billion.