so this was the cause of his life and no one was more exstatic and excited. i remember the morning of july 16 my phone rang and it was ted kennedy, he was jubilant the stay we passed his bill on health care reform, just a month and a half ago. so he would hope to be around to watch the conclusion of that debate and i'm convinced we're going to get there. it's been a blistering month in august, with obviously these very emotional and heart felt in many cases town hall meetings that people have expressed their concerns about health care, the costs of it and how we're going to do it, but i'm confident in the cooler days of september, that sitting down together, moving ahead and getting the kind of health care that americans wants, that is accessible, affordable quality care with a public option, that's going to reduce costs for people and provide the quality of care that americans want to have in the greatest and wealthiest nation on the face of this earth. i'm going to do all in my power, i'm going to be joined by many in the senate, democrats and republicans w