My Fellow Americans – Health Care and My Challenge:
As a Republican since Ronald Regan, I am disappointed in our party. We used to be a party of integrity, honesty, principles and friends with the other side. All of us should read or reread Chris Matthews “Tip and the Gipper: When Politics Worked”. The biggest lesson I learned from that book was that country came first for both men over party. President Reagan and Tip O’Neill understood what true leadership was and they were friends who agreed to disagree.
My challenge to my fellow Republicans regarding health care is this: If you can honestly stand before your creator and say this is the best bill I can do and that it is fair for all concerned, then vote for it. If not, stand up and vote no. We all can lie to each other, but the lord knows the truth of our hearts.