Anyone who tells you otherwise is more interested in scoring points than solving problems.
This World AIDS Day is a time to reflect on what this global crisis is costing us.
We cannot give the boy back the parents he lost or the woman back the future she had dreamed of.
I run for the Presidency of the United States of America because that's the party America needs us to be right now.
I will raise it to keep pace so that workers don't fall behind.
As President, I will end the war in Iraq.
I'm in this race for the same reason that I fought for jobs for the jobless and hope for the hopeless.
A nation healed. A world repaired. An America that believes again.
And what makes all of this so heartbreaking is that it was - in each and every case - entirely preventable.
It's a time to draw hope from the extraordinary perseverance of those helping combat this disease around the world.
That is what I will fight to do as President.