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Well, you know, a few months ago, when you brought up your own grandmother's situation [her choice to have an expensive hip-replacement operation, despite the fact that she was terminially ill], I mean, it was, I think, painful and personal because every family, if they haven't hit some wrenching decision like this, is going to. As you think back on that, I mean, was that the right decision? Is this the - for your family, for her? Is this the kind of thing that a reformed system, as you see it, would change the dynamic of that decision...
...even in those systems, there's still going to be hard choices, right? But the fact of the matter is, ultimately, my grandmother was able to get that hip replacement even though she had terminal cancer and even though the operation was full of risks. And so from a purely economic point of view, there would be some who argued that wasn't a good use of health care dollars. I guess my point is that...
...went back and read your announcement speech again, and it struck me that even then - you brought up health care maybe three or four times, but you even then were framing it in - as a cost-containment issue, not just a coverage. In fact, you seem to be putting more emphasis on cost containment...
...fact, you seem to be putting more emphasis on cost-containment. So that's been really consistent with your approach to this issue since...
...think the fact that you're trying - on the one hand I thought trying to do this in a middle of a recession, when everybody is looking at people around them losing their jobs would sort of make people more anxious for something to grab onto that would seem secure. The polling would suggest that people - It's not true...