washington said let's klet de s degrasse get cornwallace. washington got to see the possibility. but everything had been put into motion. as envisioned originally by rauchambeau. an interesting quote, let me read this quote to you because it goes back to the idea of washington being an indispensable man. from a volunteer in the french force that came over to fight with the americans in 1777. one of the county's named for general call, commented that a soldier for a quarter of the century, one of those soldiers who didn't think very much, was the weak general under whom he had served, general cobb said this. if washington ever does anything sensational, he will know it more to his good luck or his adversaries mistakes, then to his own ability. he went a little the do far -- too far, because had it not been for cornwallace's mistake, he violated his orders, had cornwallace stayed in the carolinas, yorktown could never have taken place. i don't think they could have defeated the british in new york. there were 3 generals involved in 1781, general plan and, rauchambeau, and general wa

s on the real debate. but it does. these talking points are being echoed in this very chamber in order to kill health care. let's see. here we go. frank luntz's memo, that's his memo on how to kill health care, came out in april. it says talking point number five, health care horror stories in canada does resonate, but you have to humanize them. we recommend the phrase government takeover rather than government run or government control. because government takeover sounds even scarier. what did we hear in this chamber from our minority leader just recently? i quote -- "americans are concerned about a government takeover of health care and for good reason." and it goes on. so recognize that that is a point that's coming from a document about how to kill health care, not a responsible debate about the plan we have in front of us. let's take a look at another example. frank luntz's memo. his memo, talking points three and four. time is a government health care killer, nothing -- than the expectation that this plan will result in delayed and denied treatment. the arguments against the plan -- i'll note that this is about

what we see in milk is the role r an activist and the role of a movement of activists. s e glass saying everything isn't right. things are not that good. let's change things for the better. shifting the metaphor from crazy criminals to human beings with human-rights -- >> you may have said this before we got here. alother great example, midwest example, ill. the moratorium on the death penalty. we could not have imagined 15 kears ago, 20 years ago, that fllinois would be the country where the absolute broken system of the criminal justice system would come to be recognized by the whole population of illinois, not just the activists. it happened in a 6 year period. we look at the problems facing ds, it is my view that the obama administration will be judged, we will all be judged by our grandchildren on the great questions of this moment with our peace and poverty and the bvironment. the survival of the planet. sometimes it is so overwhelming. what can i do about that? i don't know how to build a movement. you look at these examples or ise fact that in 1991, ill. resumed executions. there had been a stop in executions. he resumed executions w