This is what a real leader sounds like:
Rep. Leonard Boswell (D-IA) claims that President Obama told him "he's willing to be a one-term president if that's what it takes to get health care and energy reform," reports Radio Iowa.
Said Boswell: "The president (said), 'I'm not going to kick the can down the road.' And he said that and I said, 'Well, that's something I'm kind of used to from southern Iowa, you know. I know about kicking the can down the road.' And he said, 'No, if it makes me a one-term president, I'm going to, we're going to take it on because the country is in need of us taking this on.' I respected that very much."
That, to me, is what separates him from the Clintons: He is about what the country needs right now, not about how to triangulate the country to death just to get re-elected.
Change, and fuck the haters.
Quite frankly, I'm almost certain that this is why he has "kicked the can down the road" on prisoner abuse, Bush investigations, etc. He sure as hell doesn't need another distraction.
This is the fight of not only one presidency, but of our country's future, our country's fate.
And he's ready to go down in order to save this country and this planet in our time of need.
So forget the day-to-day chatter. He believes, and god damn if he doesn't have the will to succeed.
I'm so proud of him. If he really said this, then I can barely speak and hardly elaborate I'm so moved.