David Roe: “I certainly agree with that.”

But I am mindful of something Rahm Emanuel said when he was chief of staff to President Obama in 2009. He said you never let a serious crisis go to waste. I am afraid some of us are doing that here.

When suicide occurs in a hospital, a place where the most vulnerable go for help, that loss feels particularly acute.

I will not sit here and tell you that I am going to give you a metric and that we will eliminate veteran suicide.

Why don't we take a public health approach?