Patrick J. Kennedy: “I believe that our continued cooperation with Iraqi officials--the Iraqis want to have a democracy in Iraq.”

We have really just talked the talk, we have never walked the walk on including mental health and addiction treatment.

What we're trying to do is make the spirit of parity a practical reality.

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

Denial is the big issue here. And we all know growing up in families where there is alcoholism and addiction or mental illness that we don't like to talk about these things.