. >> reporter: it was four years ago when paul buckley felt deathly ill and rushed to the hospital. >mber walking across the parking lot of the hospital thinking -- this isn't going to go well for me. >> reporter: he collapsed in the emergency room and woke up ten days later. doctors told him he had a rare blood cancer that usually occurs in patients twice his age. >> i was in relatively good health and here i was. how did this happen? >> reporter: his sister read a story that the drinking war at camp lejeune in north carolina may have been contaminated by underground fuel tanks in the 1980s, while buckley was stationed there. he and his doctor started fighting, demanding the military admit that the tap water at the base poisoned him. the government denied it over and over again. >> it was a slap in the face. not only to myself, but to literally hundreds of thousands of others, people have died, families have been devastated. mine included. and denial, denial, denial. >> reporter: but then came the letter he received from the department of veteran affairs. >> i was doing the bills and

people like bill buckley called this like keying this kindergarten socialism. it was not that but it was a deep attack on the materialism which is associated with american capitalism. it was a deep attack on the military's them which had characterized their country and lead to death after death after death of people that never should have been in harm's way. two leann once wrote a peace i have quoted in here somewhere but i cannot remember which page that said king "i have a dream" speech had been so misinterpreted because king said might dream is deeply rooted in the american dream. after 1965, he made it pretty clear that the american dream had so many flaws that we are not really going to solve all of our problems until we confronted much more radical points of view and actions. and that to is the antiseptic hero that we earned every january on his birthday. i wrote a piece, and op-ed piece on this for the fredericksburg paper that the mcclatchy people got it all over from to know alaska to the caribbean. and every response i got says word you get such a cra

that means you are taking head-on buckley versus valeo. versus valeo was wrongly decided so you have to take that head-on. so you pass a piece of legislation -- the one last hope i think is to pass a structure where you take all the money out. you have individuals contribute money to a clean campaign fund. but a few at the beginning of every year for four months allowed the fcc to advertise and say citizens of america you have a chance to get all the special-interest money out, contribute money to a clean campaign fund and develop that fund and distribute it in general elections based on a formula we would have much more competitive elections and returned to elections beyond the marketplace of ideas with citizens speaking with the fall were the best ideas rather than whoever has the biggest check book, whoever has the biggest check book. so you all need to push for it. the american people need to push for this. it is a way of right now provide believe that helps everything we are talking about up here. i want to underscore you want your le

buckley, who opposed the war in iraq, wrote this about that war. he said, "a respect for the power of the united states is injendered by our success and engagements which we take part. a point is reached when tenacity conveys not steadfast ness purpose but misapplication of pride." and he went on to say that if this war drags on -- talking about the war in iraq -- he said whether there had been skepticism there would be contempt. there is nothing conservative about the war in afghanistan. george, the conservative foreign affairs columnist. also about the war in iraq but it applies to war as well. she said critics of the war have said since the beginning of the conflict that americans still strangely complacent about overseas wars being waged by minorities in their name will enevidentably come to a point where they see they have to have a government that provides services at home or one that seeks empire across the globe. and we should remember, madam speaker, that even general petraeus said we should never forget that afghanistan has been known as

>> a biography of volume of buckley called the founder of the movement from the heritage foundation and also have a book called all whitaker chambers from the library of modern think you're a series and we have a book called the down by eight thaddeus mciver about conservative as some in the coming years and finally we have a book called the closing of the mind by a robert ryan a that is an that needs to be resolved before we go further. >> you have any offers that are signing books today? >> matthew spaulding he will be signing books also craig shirley two roach ron diddy with destiny will be here tomorrow. >> can you tell us about isi bookspan general? how long has the country -- company been around are they part of other publisher? >> we have been around since 1993 and are part of the heritage studies institute that works with college students, professors, a student newspapers and to an extent we facilitate that by having intellectual and cultural events with the aim to restore the culture we have lost. before that we have published books but also not under our publishing house but w

buckley called the founder of the movement by lee edwards from the heritage foundation.we also have a book called whittaker chambers as part of our library of modern thinkers series by richard wright and we have a book called seize freedom by representatives mccarter, thaddeus mccarter. basically about restoring principles of conservatism in the coming years. and finally we have a book called the closing of the muslim mind by robert riley which is about the intellectual differences of muslims in western christians and how that needs to be resolved first before we go further. >> do u hav any authors who are signing books here today? >> we do. matthew spalding of we sold these truths, he will be signing books and also craig shirley who wrote rendezvous with destiny will also be signing books. he will be tomorrow, though. >> can you tell us a little bit about isi books in general. how long has the company been around? are they a part of another publisher? >> isi books has been around since 1993. we're part of the intercollegiate studies institute, which does work with colle

that means you're taking head-on buckley v.aleo, which i think you have to take that head-on if you're straight about campaign-finance reform. buckley v. valeo, i believe, was wrongly decided that so you've got to take that head-on. and so you pass a piece of legislation, but the one last oh, i think, is to pass a structure where you take all the money out. you have individuals contribute money to a clean campaign fund. you know, what if you at the beginning of every year for four months, allow the fec to advertise and say citizens of america, you have a chance to get all the special interest money out. contribute money to a clean campaign fund. and you fill up that fund and distribute it in general elections based on a form that. we would have much more competitive elections. we would return to elections being the marketplace of ideas with citizens taking what they thought were the best ideas, rather than whoever has the biggest checkbook, whoever has the biggest checkbook. so you will need to push for it. the american people

buckley called the founder of a movement by lee edwards from the heritage foundation. we also have a book called whittaker chambers, is part of our modern figures by richard wright and we have a book called seize freedom by representatives macarthur, thaddeus the cotter. it is restoring principles of conservativism in the upcoming years. and finally we have a book called the closing of the mind from other rightly, which is about the intellectual differences between muslims and western christians and how that needs to be resolved before we go further. >> to have any authors who are signing books here today? >> we do. matthew spalding will be signing books and also craig shirley prorogue rendezvous with destiny. >> any telephoto that's about isi books in general? how long has the company been around bikes are they a part of another publisher? >> isi books have been around since 1993. were a part of the inner studies institute, which does work with college students, college professors, student newspapers and isi to an extent facilitates that, writing books with intellectu

people like bill buckley called this king's kindergarten of socialism. well, it wasn't that. it was -- it was a deep attack on the materialism, which was associated with american capitalism. it was a deep attack on the militaritism which he characterized our country and led to death after death after death of people that should never have been in harm's way. julian once wrote a piece which i quoted in here somewhere but i can't remember on what page in which he said king's "i have a dream" speech had been so misinterpreted because king said my dream is deeply rooted in the american dream. well, after 18 -- after 1965, he made it pretty clear that the american dream had so many flaws that we weren't really going to solve all of our problems until we confronted much more radical points of view and actions. and that as julian said an antiseptic hero that we honor every january on his birthday. i wrote a piece, an op-ed piece for fredericksburg paper later and the mcclatchy people got ahold of it and it went everywhere. and every response i got where do you get such a crazy idea?

buckley verses of vallejo was i believe wrongly decided. yet to take that had on and so, you pass a piece of legislation. the one last hope is to pass a structure where you take all the money out, have individuals contribute money to a clean campaign fund -- what if at the beginning of the year, for four months, you allow the sec to advertise and say you have all the -- you have the chance to get all the special interests out, contributed to a clean campaign fund. fill the fund up and distributed in general collections based on a formula. we would have much more competitive elections that returned to elections being the marketplace of ideas with citizens picking what they thought were the best ideas rather than whoever has the biggest check book. you all need to push for. the american people read bush for it. -- the american people need to push for it. i believe that helps everything we're talking about up here. you won your legislators doing less fund-raising and more time on legislating. they will fulfil the wishes of the american people

buckley's conservative not yoavment the father -- motto of the conservative movement, he sad i it is to stand athwart history yelling stop. well, that's exactly what our republican colleagues did in trying to filibuster and kill health care reform. they're trying to do that now to obstruct and kill this reconciliation bill. but it won't succeed. we are going to get the reconciliation bill done. we're going to get it passed and we're going to move beyond this. we're going to move beyond the rancor and bitterness and bring our american family together. bring them together so that everyone is guaranteed the right to health care that. we stop the abusive practices of the health insurance industry that we've seen in the past. so by any measure, this bill is good for the american people. it's today for students, good for our colleges, our community colleges, our private colleges in getting rid of the guaranteed loan program and going to a direct loan program. it is also good for the health of the american people. madam president, as i said in the beginning, this bill is good for the soul o