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Did inspire people at the time, but still inspires people. >> you know, president carter told me about that day too. he said that it's important to remember that not everybody loved john f. kennedy, particularly down in georgia. and the day after the assassination, he went to a football game. they had refused to cancel it. and he remembered that when there was -- when there was an announcement that asked for a moment of silence, lots of people booed. lots of people booed. >> that is one of the most startling things that i discovered reporting out this oral history is because i was raised catho...

Under our desks, they were so confused. ryan o'neal brought up the vietnam war. chuck close brought up going through yale through the smoking room, which at the time yale very, very conservative. and seeing the law students actually raise a toast to the death of john f. kennedy. and so i was stunned. everybody brought something different to this oral history. >> senator, 50 years later when you look at john kennedy, and he remains at the top of even the latest gallup poll of living presidents by a wide margin and not just for people like us who were arrive and remember the assassination, but y...

I don't think the president wants to admit that's what's going to have to happen. there's going to have to be a subsidy from high-income people to low-income people. this is an idea president nixon had in 1973 and i think it's a darn good idea. >> larry: dr. song, do you expect a bill out of this? >> unlike 1994 when president clinton did the bill behind doors and gave it to congress. the problem with that you have 533 members of congress. roughly six lobbyist for one member of congress spending $1.4 million a day. roughly more than that was spent on the kerry/bush election. and in doing so th...

Result. >> larry: howard, are we going to get a weekend measure? >> i don't know. this is a weak measure. bill's now to my left. we ought to get rid of the individual mandate. i don't think it's necessary. it makes republicans mad and makes democrats mad. have some form of public option which would come in the form of expansion to medicare so some number of people under 65 so somebody can get insurance right after this bill is signed. if you go into this election in 2010 and 2012 without increasing the number of insured people in this country, which is what this bill doesn't do much for, i thi...

President clinton did the bill behind closed doors and then gave it to congress. president obama made the mistake of giving this to congress and allowing them to write it from the beginning. the problem with that you have lobbyists for 533 members of congress. roughly six lobbyist for one member of congress spending $1.4 million a day. roughly more than that was spent on the kerry/bush election. and in doing so that's why this bill looks like it was written by the insurance industry. >> larry: money talks? >> absolutely. >> larry: let's take a break and come back with more on this edition of "...