I do think that this sort of video would be effective in the health care reform debate. I'd like to know what sort of insurance hurdles he was forced to go through to get that great care that has kept him alive all these years.
Ray wasn't singing about what he knew, 'cause Ray had been blind since he was a child. He hadn't seen many purple mountains. He hadn't seen many fruited plains. He was singing about what he believed to be.
Mr. President, we love America, not because of all of us have seen the beauty all the time.
But we believed if we kept on working, if we kept on marching, if we kept on voting, if we kept on believing, we would make America beautiful for everybody.
I understand your sympathy and certainly your concern that the information is relevantn in the health debate but in this case, it looks like we could actually be voting for Sarah Palin for president, which makes his health records critical information.
Posted by: mick arran | September 15, 2008 at 06:03 PM
Oh yeah, for sure. It's a legitimate issue. It's just that the tone is so cold. When that one doc lists all the problems someone McCain's age could have, it was heartless. Not that I should care about McCain's heart - except you know, people his age run a 400% greater risk of having theirs stopping without warning ...
Posted by: eRobin | September 15, 2008 at 11:31 PM