Bill Clinton: “Missouri July 30, 1994 Thank you, Governor Carnahan. Thank you, Mr. Vice President and Tipper and Hillary. And ladies…”

“Missouri July 30, 1994 Thank you, Governor Carnahan. Thank you, Mr. Vice President and Tipper and Hillary. And ladies and gentlemen, thank you all for coming. And let me especially thank those two fine women, mother and daughter, that stood up here and spoke for the nearly 40 million Americans who deserve health care. I have to tell you, a lot of things have been said here today; maybe everything that needs to be said has been said. But I would like to offer one mildly dissenting view. I believe that most of the people here who disagree with me today about national health reform do admire Harry Truman. They probably think he ought to be on Mount Rushmore. And it must be surprising to them to know that they had the same arguments that are being made against us made against him 50 years ago. That is always the case when you try to change things and why it's so important to use the Presidency to fight to help the ordinary American to live a better life. You've already heard it. You've heard it in what the other people have said. Harry Truman had to say, ``No, this is not socialized medicine, this is private insurance. No, this is not a Government takeover, we're preserving the choice and the private medical system. No, we're not going to waste more money covering everybody, we'll actually save money.'' And what did they say? ``Harry Truman's a radical liberal. He's for socialized medicine. He's for big Government.…”