On the recordFebruary 12, 2009
There is no more forceful advocate for the moral authority that we lack as a Nation as we try to go out and broker compromises around the world to try to preach to other countries about their rights and wrongs. It's very hard to do that when they look at us as the most affluent Nation in the world, and in our midst are 45 million people who can't afford health care insurance, children going to bed at night sick simply because their parents can't afford to get them to a doctor. That, I think, cheapens our ability to go around this world and try to set the kind of example that we would like.
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