i want to especially thank stanley reed and bill mcknight who have sacrificed so much personal time.y is a former farm bureau aformerbill is the chief of g.i. at the medical center. he is a big dog dr. over there. [laughter] he has been keeping the campaign regular. [laughter] i tell people that i am an optometrist by training. hang around and i will give you free eye advice. stanley will give you free advice concerning your garden. bill has graciously consented if you are having problems with your digestion to give you advice. [laughter] as we have gone around the state, and that happen all run the state for the last year visiting with so many people and you have memories of different people that stand out in your mind. i think one of my fondest memories ever, not only of this campaign but ever was being in fordice and i saw a man who gave and shook my hand and said," congressman, you came to iraq to see me and i want to come and see when you came to fordice." [applause] he showed us a picture. he was a truck driver and the truck drivers in iraq and afghanistan are the ones that hav

bill mcknight, he's the chief of g.i. at the medical center.he big dog doctors over there. but he's been keeping the campaign regular. [laughter] >> i tell people, i'm an opt tom tryst by training. hang around. i'll give you some free eye advice. stanley will give you advice concerning your garden if you're having troubles. and bill has consented if you're having problems with your digestion to give you advice there. [laughter] >> as we've gone around the state and i've been all around the state the last year, visiting with so many different people. and you have memories of so many different people that stand out in your mind. i think one of my many fondest moments ever is when i saw a young guy that came and he shook my hand. and he said congressman, he said, you came to iraq to see me. and i wanted to come and see you when you came. [cheers and applause] >> and he showed us a picture. he had been -- he was a truck driver. and the truck drivers in iraq and afghanistan are the ones that have suffered so much because that's where they plant the