Political Quotes

“You know, if the gentleman will yield on that point, a great American conservative, Tom Clancy, the author of ``Hunt for Red October'' and so many other best-selling books, has done something along the line of what the gentleman is talking about. He had a young kid who had cancer, kid named Kyle, young boy, and Tom formed a great friendship with this youngster as he was experiencing the trauma of cancer, and Kyle ultimately passed away. Well, Tom Clancy formed the Kyle Foundation, and the Kyle Foundation is dedicated to linking up people who need cancer information: What kind of information can I get about this type of cancer or that type of cancer? What types of doctors are specialists in this particular type of cancer that my son may have? Where do I go to get these doctors? And networking not only the users, the moms and the dads with children with cancer, but also networking the doctors so that a doctor who is making a breakthrough in one type of cancer on the other side of the country can hook up with a doctor on the other side of the country and exchange information, and this exchange of information and this ability of free people to shop for the best ideas and the best innovations in medicine is kind of what the gentleman is talking about. That is the idea of not being harnessed by government one-size-fits-all, ``Wait in this line, and we will get to you when we get to you.''”