I ran for Congress in 1996 to help Ted Kennedy pass a comprehensive health insurance reform bill.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When I ran for Congress I promised to help make health care affordable again.
The fact is that we would have had comprehensive health care now, had it not been for Ted Kennedy's deliberately blocking the legislation that I proposed in 1978 or '79.
I led the fight for the Clinton health care plan in 1994. We failed. I learned from that experience. What I learned is you can't pass a complicated government-run plan.
When I was in the Senate, I worked to pass Women's Health and Wellness Act, which bars insurance companies from discriminating against the health care needs of women.
I came to Congress to help reduce spending.
I was very political when JFK ran.
Kennedy was the driving force of reform in America.
Ted Kennedy's inspiration will loom large over our politics for years to come, uplift us in the healthcare fight, and help to achieve his dream of liberty and justice for all.
I ran for president in 1996.
When I first ran for Congress in 1992, I campaigned on a pledge to make affordable, quality healthcare a right, not a privilege, for all Americans.