and isn't steve beshear pretty swell? [applause] i had the great opportunity, when i was chairman of the democratic governors' association, steve was one of our candidates that year and a big win in kentucky. so i have known steve for a long time and i wasn't surprised but thrilled with his incredible leadership and promotion of health care in his state, knowing, having grown up in cincinnati, knowing a lot about the health status in kentucky, i can tell you he has done a lot of wonderful things but the best legacy project that he will leave behind is a far healthier and more financially secure infrastructure for hundreds of thousands of people in kentucky and that's something that will go down in the history books. now, i saw a lot of you around the country as i traveled. we went back and i was in about 47 cities just during open enrollment. enroll america was always there. you always were part of these amazing coalitions. and what i know is, you didn't have the easiest job. the work that you did was very tough. it was p