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Last night the President struck the right tone.  He made clear that we can’t give up on health care, and that containing soaring health costs will be essential to our country’s top priorities: revitalizing the economy, creating jobs and reigning in deficits.

But the most important thing he did was serve notice to all those who have been standing in our way: Republicans and the Senate.  Health care is one of a list of issues that have received decisive action from the House only to meet resistance in the Senate.  Instead of the cooling saucer of democracy, they’ve turned into the meat locker.

I’m glad to see the President stuck to his values, and made clear to my colleagues in the Senate that it’s time to either do the right thing, or be exposed to obstructionists.

The President isn’t walking away from health care with his tail between his legs—and we can’t either.  Now we’ve got a matter of weeks to get something done.  Let’s answer the President’s call and fight for what we believe.

Anthony