[merrylander]

Noonereal dinna let it get to you, my comments here, especially in relation to health care stem from a simple belief - we can do better. I believe that any nation's greatest natural resource is its people. It follows that we should look after that resource. The nation benefits when everyone is running at peak performance, no? Out of 23 industrialized nations being in 23rd place with regard to its citizen's health is hardly what I would call bragging rights.

Florence and I worked hard for what we have, a nice home sitting on almost 4.5 acres of prime real estate. If some illness takes me out of the picture I want her to be safe and sound here, not have some zealous bunch of interns or pols decree that I be hooked up to every gadget GE has invented to prolong my suffering and line their pockets. They tried that with the poor woman south of here despite her and her family's wishes. Terry something, name escapes me, guess CRS kicked in.

The Republicans talk about government coming between the patient and doctor, what did they think that was, fortunately that politician has retired.