
If I were starting from scratch, if we didn't have a system in which employers typically provided health care, I would probably go with a single payer system.
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If I were starting from scratch, if we didn't have a system in which employers typically provided health care, I would probably go with a single payer system.

I am absolutely convinced that, white, black, Latino, Asian, people want to move beyond our divisions.

When Senator Clinton said -- President Clinton says that I wasn't opposed to the war from the start or says it's a fairy tale that I opposed the war. That is simply not true.

My core belief is that people desperately want coverage. They desperately want it.

What I said was is that Ronald Reagan was a transformative political figure because he was able to get Democrats to vote against their economic interests to form a majority to push through their agenda, an agenda that I objected to.

When Senator Clinton says -- or President Clinton says that I wasn't opposed to the war from the start or says it's a fairy tale that I opposed the war, that is simply not true.

I feel pretty bad. But let's just respond to the example that was just thrown out.

We have got to appeal to Independents and Republicans in order to build a working majority to move an agenda forward.

I think that part of what the people are looking for right now is somebody who's going to solve problems and not resort to the same typical politics that we have seen in Washington.

What she said wasn't true. We account for every single dollar that we propose.

[T]he Armenian Genocide is not an allegation, a personal opinion, or a point of view, but rather a widely documented fact supported by an overwhelming body of historical evidence.

The Armenian Genocide is not an allegation, a personal opinion, or a point of view, but rather a widely documented fact supported by an overwhelming body of historical evidence.

Senator Clinton has said she's ready to lead from day one. But it's important on day one to get it right, whether you're talking about war or you're talking about economic proposals. And one of the things that I have tried to do, I've been…

It's important, on day one, to get it right, whether you're talking about war or you're talking about economic proposals.

I worried that there was some pressure being put on union voters to vote a certain way, which would be to vote for Barack Obama.

At least according to what we have been told, it leaves out 50 million working Americans.

I hope that there was some pressure being put on union voters to vote a certain way, which would be to vote for Barack Obama. And I hoped that they would still go to these caucuses and vote the way they wanted to vote.