within my political struggle to pass the bill, the irony that my father ended up taking over for paul wellstone added to this incredible aspect of this. i had father, son relationship issues. he was also the generation that did not believe these were real medical issues, he thought of it as moral failings for the most part. because i was a. a member of congress negotiating with him and others to get a better bill, of course the house bill was much better than the senate bill because it was more inclusive of all brain illnesses, it truly reflected the spirit of parity. i thought what an interesting kind of narrative to educate people about the fact there is a law of the land, but to do it in the context of the common struggle that all of us have with being open of the fact that we are consumers because no one really wants anyone to know that they have a mental illness or addiction. >> tell me about the struggle of not wanting anyone to know? what is that about? we call that stigma. >> i grew up around it. i wrote in the book on my mother had debilitating alcoholism. everyone everyone knew it, it

and the irony that my late father ended up taking over for paul wellstone added to this incredible aspect because i had a father-son relationship issue and he was also the generation that didn't be beat but these were real medical issues and and he saw them as a failing for the most part and yet here i was. i was a member of congress negotiating with him and pete domenici to get a better veil and of course the house that was better than the senate because it was more inclusive of all of the elements that so truly reflected the spirit of cary. so i thought what an interesting kind of narrative to educate people about the fact that there is a wall of the land. but to do it in the context of us being open about the fact that we are consumers because no one really wants anyone to know that they have a mental illness or addiction. post-talk about the struggle of wanting anybody to know. what is that all about? we call it a stigma but tell me about that. >> guest: i write about how my mother had really debilitating alcoholism. everybody knew it. it was written returned up everywhere. for her ag

well my own struggles to pass the bill and the irony my late father ended up taking over for paul wellstone added to this incredible aspect because i had father-son relationships into these were not real medical issues he's often as moral failings for the most part yet here i was a member of congress negotiating with him and pete domenici to get a better feel and of course the house bill was much better than the senate bill because it's more inclusive of all to reflect the spirit of parity so i thought what an interesting narrative to educate people about the fact there is a law of the land, the two it in the context of the struggle all of us have been good about the fact we are consumers because no one wants anyone to know they have a mental illness or addiction. >> host: more about the struggle about not wanting anyone to know. tell me about that. >> guest: i write in the book about how my mother had really debilitating alcoholism. everybody knew it. it was written about everywhere. for her age she was well-known as being well known as being an alcoholic. it was john kennedy who had writt

coming from a state that is the state of paul wellstone who understands campaigning.ing from the state of walter mondale and we won't forget the moment when he put gerald being referred -- geraldine ferrero on the ticket and coming from the state of hubert humphrey who once said if we don't write our own history, someone else will write it for us. well my friends we are not going to let those guys on the other side of the aisle right are history forests. our history is hillary clinton and she will be our next president. [applause] so speaking of churck writ, i had the great privilege to introduce a woman who knows a little bit about churck writ and that is my great friend, clare mccaskill of missouri. [applause] now i think you all know clare is one tough cookie and she had two tough races. if you don't believe me that she is tough you just talked to a guy named todd akin. but clare has also fought for military families. she has taken on government accountability issues. she is taken on what it is to the state of missouri and for our country and could i add the title