Well, the thing is that when Senator Kennedy passed away and we lost the 60 votes, the press said to me, your dad, words to that effect, it's over for you. I said, no, this is an opportunity, a challenge of a generation. For 100 years, presidents have tried Teddy Roosevelt and Franklin Roosevelt and Truman, and all had been trying until we had Medicare with Lyndon Johnson. That was one of the first breakthroughs. And when he signed it, he signed it in independence, Missouri. So President Truman, who had worked so hard on that but didn't achieve it, could be there for the. (42:21–42:35)
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Asserts that multiple presidents have attempted healthcare reforms over the past 100 years until Medicare was established under Lyndon Johnson.
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