Barack Obama actually said...

I've also pledged that health insurance reform will not add to our deficit over the next decade and I mean it.

I should say at the outset that Skip Gates is a friend, so I may be a little biased here.

Mr. Obama today, also reiterated his pledge that all U.S. forces will be out of Iraq by 2011.

This debate is about every American who has ever feared that they may lose their coverage.