On the recordNovember 9, 2007
I don't want to wake up four years from now and find out that millions of Americans still lack health care because we couldn't take on the insurance industry.
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presidency.ucsb.edu“I don't want to wake up four years from now and find out that millions of Americans still lack health care because we couldn't take on the insurance industry.”
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