Barack Obama said "I do not accept that in the richest nation on Earth we have to stand by while 47 million Americans have no health care." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordSeptember 2, 2007

I do not accept that in the richest nation on Earth we have to stand by while 47 million Americans have no health care.

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Remarks at a Labor Day Rally in Manchester

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