The idea is we want more people to have health care. We're tired of companies that can afford it, shrugging it off.

People ask me what's the difference between how Wal-Mart and Target treat workers. I tell them Wal-Mart is a lot bigger. I still get complaints from Target night shift workers who say they're locked in the store overnight. When Wal-Mart did that, it made the front page of The New York Times.

People don't trust private health insurance companies for all the right reasons.

we all had the same (health insurance) card.

These are the same people who believe, in some cases, the federal government should not play any role in providing health care to our people or protecting the environment.

Union members, for example, are overwhelmingly covered by health insurance - and non-union members overwhelmingly are struggling to get health insurance. That's just one of the many benefits that is affected. It's just a fact of life.