Joseph Cao: “I understand that we need health care reform. I have a younger brother who has a kidney disease that put him on dialysis…”

“I understand that we need health care reform. I have a younger brother who has a kidney disease that put him on dialysis at the young age of 30 and forced him to have a kidney transplant. I have a father who is also on dialysis and struggling to survive. I have a younger sister who has been fighting lupus for over a decade. I also saw how my sister struggled and fought the insurance companies for coverage. I understand the crushing costs of health care. I understand that we have to fight the insurance companies. But I also understand that abortion is wrong. Last week, I called my brother and apologized to him and told him that I cannot support the Senate health care bill. He told me that he understands, and I thank him for it. Tomorrow will be a sad day for me as I cast a ``no'' vote against something I believe we need to prevent: The expansion of abortion, an absolute moral evil.”