Note Sent to Senator Kennedy in response to NY Times "Kennedy’s Absent Voice on Health Bill Resonates"

All my best wishes to the Senator. The New York Times has described the mutual frustration felt by both Senator Kennedy and the Senate itself, that the Senator cannot be present for the current debate on the health care bill. I would like to suggest that when Senator Kennedy feels up to it, he should record his comments via video, and have those sent to the Senate floor, and of course invite C-Span to show them to the American people as well. His voice would be powerful at this time. I would also remind the Senator that, as shown in Michael Moore's movie, Sicko, and as I have experienced myself when visiting Scandinavia, health care in much of the industrialized world is simply covered. It is paid for by taxes to be sure, but no one in those countries need ever worry about being bankrupted by a health crisis such as the Senator is experiencing at this time, one which is well covered by the Senate's own plan for itself, but one which, even for a middle class family, could easily be financially devastating to most Americans, on top of the other pain it causes. I thank and congratulate the Senator for his years of tireless work and the historic point to which it has helped to bring us, and, again, wish him all the best.