health? what more obvious role could government have than the defense of life of each citizen? we cannot stop every germ that seeks to harm us any more than we can stop every person that seeks to harm us but we can try. and government's essential role in that effort, facilitate it, reduce its costs, broaden availability, improve my health and yours seems ultimately self-explanatory. we want to live. what is government for if not to help us do so? indeed, mr. churchill, the responsibility for public safety is absolute and requires no mandate and yet today at this hour somebody, somewhere in this country, is arguing against or protesting against or yelling against health care reform because the subject is really life and death and they're scared and they've been scared and they've been misled by the overly simple words of one side and misinformed by the overly complex words of the other side and that one person -- at least that one person who is tonight