President Obama is on the road selling health reform and showing the leadership that many Americans expected of him much earlier in his presidency.  You have to sell the American people not only on the value of health care for the individual but also the benefits of caring for your neighbors, friends, communities, and the nation.  Sometimes Americans forget the values and principles upon which we built this country.

At a recent International Forum in Washington,  health leaders from around the world were congratulating me and other Americans because our nation finally made the grade, so to speak, with regard to health care.  The U.S. finally recognized that health care is national issue–that translates into security economic growth and prosperity for the nation.  Most of all, it means that our nation has finally learned that the role of  government is to protect and take care of  all the people who believe in justice and democracy.