Frank Pallone: “I would just add to the gentleman: You know, I think that that is what elections should be all about: issues. That is…”

“I would just add to the gentleman: You know, I think that that is what elections should be all about: issues. That is what we are talking about here. I would like to see less emphasis on personality, which is what so many campaigns are about, and just talk about issues. That is what we are talking about here, Medicare. It is an issue, and to the extent that there are ads running that point out where one side stands or the other on an issue as important as Medicare to the American people, that is what this should be all about, a public debate on the issues, and that is what the Democrats have been doing essentially for the last 18 months, trying to point out what the Republican leadership has been proposing on Medicare. And I really think, as you said, Mr. Doggett, that most of my constituents are aware of it. Over the weekend I had a lot of people, I can just think of one woman in particular who came up to me when I was at church on Sunday and said. "You know, I don't want to lose my doctor." She was not even concerned about the level of funding. She just did not like the idea that she was going to be pushed into managed care, which is essentially what this Republican plan would propose to do.”