Patrick J. Kennedy: “Lives cut short in every corner of our country serve as a stark reminder that true parity cannot wait another day.”

We wouldn't expect any less if there were any other illness. And yet we settled for less than 20 percent of Americans getting any of that today in this country.

We all end up picking up the tab for not enforcing parity.

Our family believes in democracy. We believe in the fact that my uncles, one of whom laid down his life in World War II fighting Hitler over Germany, got shot down.

We ought to be encouraging people in this country to seek mental health. That should not be a disqualifying factor.