Posted on 08/12/2009 9:27:48 AM PDT by NotSoModerate
Reference bump ... ;-)
Obama invokes grandmother’s death in health debate
By LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press Writer Liz Sidoti, Associated Press
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – Now, it’s personal. President Barack Obama invoked his own anguish over the death of a loved one as he challenged the debunked notion that Democratic efforts to overhaul the nation’s health care would include “death panels.”
“I just lost my grandmother last year. I know what it’s like to watch somebody you love, who’s aging, deteriorate and have to struggle with that,” an impassioned Obama told a crowd as he spoke of Madelyn Payne Dunham. He took issue with “the notion that somehow I ran for public office or members of Congress are in this so they can go around pulling the plug on grandma.”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090816/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_town_hall
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