In 2006 I worked countless hours as a volunteer for Baron Hill to win back his seat in Indiana's 9th Congressional District.
Baron is a "Blue Dog" Democrat, which often gets mischaracterized in the party. What I saw in Baron's campaign was a commitment to true progressive principles in a solid model of focusing on the populist issues that working American want to discuss. These include energy policy, environment, education; but most importantly Healthcare.
And a common part of Baron's stump speech was his plan for introducing a constitutional amendment calling for healthcare as a right for all Americans.
Because once we recognize healthcare as a right and not a privilege, the responsibility falls to the Congress to do something about it.
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